Adding: "Has anyone arrived yet ?" "Mrs.Seymour is here, miss.

And"-- listening--"I think Lord St.John must have arrived." Nan turned to Mallory.
"Then we'd better go, Peter.

Come along." Mallory, as he followed her into the sitting-room, realised that she had all at once retreated a thousand miles away from him.

He wondered what the contents of the telegram could have been.

The oblong red envelope seemed to have descended suddenly between them like a shutter.
Lord St.John, having only just arrived, was still standing as they entered the room, and Nan rushed into apologies as she shook hands with him and kissed Mrs.Seymour.
"Heaps of apologies for not being here when you arrived.