I've something to tell." The gloom of his appearance, so unusual to him, gave her a presage of misfortune.

She followed him into the room of dental appliances.
He told her to sit down, and she did so.

She sat on a stiff sofa against the wall.

He stood with one elbow on the back of the adjustable chair.
Behind him hung a green rep curtain, which screened a table at which he did mechanical work.

They were a handsome pair.