Waiving this objection, he approved of the idea of consulting her Ladyship's nephew.
"Mr.Sweetsir is a man of the world," he said.

"In putting the case before him, we are sure to have it presented to us from a new point of view." Acting on this favorable expression of opinion, Lady Lydiard wrote to her nephew.

On the day after the visit to Miss Pink, the proposed council of three was held at Lady Lydiard's house.
Felix, never punctual at keeping an appointment, was even later than usual on this occasion.

He made his apologies with his hand pressed upon his forehead, and his voice expressive of the languor and discouragement of a suffering man.
"The beastly English climate is telling on my nerves," said Mr.
Sweetsir--"the horrid weight of the atmosphere, after the exhilarating air of Paris; the intolerable dirt and dullness of London, you know.

I was in bed, my dear aunt, when I received your letter.