He thinks he'll be out by January.' 'We must certainly manage to see him before he goes,' said Sir Henry heartily.

Then turning to Miss Bremerton with the slightly over-emphatic civility of a man who prides himself on his manners in all contingencies, he asked her if she was already acquainted with the Mannering neighbourhood.
Miss Bremerton replied that it was quite unknown to her.

'You'll admire our trees,' said Sir Henry.

'They're very fine.' 'Are they ?' said the lady rather absently, giving a perfunctory glance to the woods sloping away on her right towards a little stream winding in the hollow.

Sir Henry felt a slight annoyance.