Did you see the landlady when you came in ?" "No.

I only saw the waiter." "The landlady has made some absurd difficulty about letting me have these rooms because I came here alone." "She won't make any difficulty now," said Arnold.

"I have settled that." "_You!_" Arnold smiled.

After what had passed, it was an indescribable relief to him to see the humorous side of his own position at the inn.
"Certainly," he answered.

"When I asked for the lady who had arrived here alone this afternoon--" "Yes." "I was told, in your interests, to ask for her as my wife." Anne looked at him--in alarm as well as in surprise.
"You asked for me as your wife ?" she repeated.
"Yes.