Is she the future Mrs.Julian Gray ?" "She is a perfect stranger to me," Julian answered, quietly.
"A perfect stranger! You wrote me word you were interested in her." "I _am_ interested in her.

And, what is more, you are interested in her, too." Lady Janet's fingers drummed impatiently on the table.

"Have I not warned you, Julian, that I hate mysteries?
Will you, or will you not, explain yourself ?" Before it was possible to answer, Horace rose from his chair.

"Perhaps I am in the way ?" he said.
Julian signed to him to sit down again.
"I have already told Lady Janet that you are not in the way," he answered.

"I now tell you--as Miss Roseberry's future husband--that you, too, have an interest in hearing what I have to say." Horace resumed his seat with an air of suspicious surprise.