Good-night, Mr.Clavering; au revoir; we will have another of Stubbs' little dinners before long." As he spoke these last words the count's voice was again changed, and the old smile had returned to his face.
Harry shook hands with him, and walked away homeward, not without a feeling that the count had got the better of him, even to the end.

He had, however, learned how the land lay, and could explain to Lady Ongar that Count Pateroff now knew her wishes and was determined to disregard them..