"Where ?" "I met him," Mary answered, coolly.

"He told me that Lord Arranmore had been very kind to him." "Why didn't you tell us ?" Louise asked.
"I really didn't think of it," Mary answered.

"It didn't strike me as being anything extraordinary." "Not when he's coming here to dine to-night," Selina repeated, "and is a friend of papa's! Why, Mary, what nonsense." "I really don't see anything to make a fuss about," Mary said, going back to her magazine.
Mr.Bullsom drew himself up, and laid down the paper with the paragraph uppermost.
"Well, it is most gratifying to think that I gave that young man his first start," he remarked.

"I believe, too, that he is not likely to forget it." "The bell!" Mrs.Bullsom exclaimed, with a little gasp.

"Some one has come." "Well, if they have, there's nothing to be frightened about," Mr.
Bullsom retorted.