That is why, as I told you before, we saw quite a great deal of one another.

He was always very reticent about his affairs, and especially about the business which had taken him on the Continent.

Just before he left, however, he gave me--well, a hint." "What was it ?" the young man asked eagerly.
She hesitated.
"He didn't put it into so many words," she said, "and I am not sure, even now, that I ought to tell you, Dicky.

Still, you are a fellow countryman and a budding diplomatist.

I suppose if I can give you a lift I ought to." The taxi was on the Embankment now, and they sped along for some time in silence.