A strange heritage, this, to have been left him by such a person as Arthur Morrison.

How in the world, he wondered, did he happen to have such a connection.
She was a little shy when she arrived.

Laverick had left special orders downstairs, and she was brought up into his sitting-room immediately.

She was very quietly dressed except for her hat, which was large and wavy.

He found it becoming, but he knew enough to understand that her clothes were very simple and very inexpensive, and he was conscious of being curiously glad of the fact.
"I am afraid," she said timidly, with a glance at his evening attire, "that we must go somewhere very quiet.