As he had expected, Mary sprang to her feet upon his entrance into the room, and the colour streamed into her cheeks.
"You here!" she exclaimed.
He shook hands with her, and tried to behave as though he thought her presence the most natural thing in the world.

"Yes.

You see I am Lord Arranmore's man of affairs now, and he keeps me pretty hard at work.

He seems to have a constitutional objection to doing anything for himself.
He has even sent me to--to--" "I understand," she interrupted.

"To ascertain my business.