I found I was getting out of temper with everybody and everything, so I suddenly remembered that I had an empty house here and came up." "To the city of adventures," he murmured.
She shrugged her shoulders.
"London has never seemed like that to me.

I find it generally a very ugly and a very sordid place, where I am hedged in with relatives, generally wanting me to do the thing I loathe .-- You have really no news for me, then ?" "None, except that I am glad to see you." "When will you come and have a long talk ?" "Will you dine with me to-morrow night ?" he begged eagerly.

"In the afternoon I have committee meetings.

Thursday afternoon you could come down to the House, if you cared to." "Of course I should, but hadn't you better dine here ?" she suggested.
"I can ask Alice and another man." "I want to see you alone," he insisted, "for the first time, at any rate." "Then will you take me to that little place you told me of in Soho ?" she suggested.

"I don't want a whole crowd to know that I am in town just yet.