I suppose Torquay has done you good; but your eyes have not lost their tired look, Max: you are not a bit rested.' 'I believe I want more work: too much rest would kill me with ennui,' stretching out his arms with a sort of weary gesture.

'I walked a great deal at Torquay; I was out in the air all day; but it did not seem to be what I wanted: I was terribly bored.

Tudor is glad to get me back.

The fellow actually seems dull.

Have you any idea what has gone wrong with him, Ursula ?' But I prudently turned a deaf ear to this question, and he did not follow it up; and a moment afterwards he mentioned that he had been at Gladwyn, and that Miss Darrell had given him a good account of Miss Hamilton.
'I had no idea that she was away until this afternoon.