It was impossible to ignore his outstretched hand.

Very hesitatingly she held out her fingers, which Richard grasped and seemed in no hurry at all to release.
"This is quite the most beautiful place I have seen anywhere near Monte Carlo," he remarked enthusiastically.
"I am glad," she murmured, "that you find it attractive." He was standing by her side now, his hat under his arm.

The butler had withdrawn a little into the background.

She glanced around.
"Did my father ask you to call, Mr.Lane ?" she enquired, dropping her voice a little.
"He did not," Richard confessed.

"I must say that I gave him plenty of opportunities but he did not seem to be what I should call hospitably inclined.