"Who has sent you?
Not Mr .-- --" "Not Mr.Lyne," he said.
She hesitated a moment, then threw open the door wider.
"You must come in.

We can talk here in the hall.

Do I understand Mr.Lyne has not sent you ?" "Mr.Lyne was very anxious that I should come," he said.

"I am betraying his confidence, but I do not think that he has any claim upon my loyalty.
I don't know why I've bothered you at all, except that I feel that you ought to be put on your guard." "Against what ?" she asked.
"Against the machinations of a gentleman to whom you have been----" he hesitated for a word.
"Very offensive," she finished for him.
"I don't know how offensive you've been," he laughed, "but I gather you have annoyed Mr.Lyne for some reason or other, and that he is determined to annoy you.

I do not ask your confidence in this respect, because I realise that you would hardly like to tell me.