When it was brought he opened it, found the place, laughed loudly, and passed the sheet over to his sister.
"Oh, Shirley, Shirley! This is almost too much!" he cried, watching her as her eyes swept the article.

She turned away to escape his noise, and after a glance threw down the paper in disgust.

The article dealt in detail with Austro-Hungarian finances, and fairly bristled with figures and sage conclusions based upon them.
"Isn't that the worst!" exclaimed Shirley, smiling ruefully.
"He's certainly a romantic figure ready to your hand.

Probably a bank-clerk who makes European finance his recreation." "He isn't an Englishman, at any rate.

He repudiated the idea with scorn." "Well, your Mr.Armitage didn't seem so awfully excited at meeting Singleton; but he seemed rather satisfied with your appearance, to put it mildly.