Von Rosen had been more acute than the critics and Annie had written at high pressure, and one can go over a book a thousand times and be blind to things which should be seen.

She had repeated one little sentence which she had written in _The Poor Lady_.

Von Rosen knew, but he never told her that he knew.

He bowed before her great, generous silence as he would have bowed before a shrine, but he knew that she had written _The Poor Lady_, and had allowed Margaret Edes to claim unquestioned the honour of her work.
As they sat there, Annie's Aunt Susan came in and sat with them.

She talked a good deal about the wedding presents.