Sir Robert is coming, and I am sure that your cousin Barbara will be very disappointed if you do not turn up, for she understands nothing about these city things which are Greek to her." At the mention of the name of Barbara Sir Robert Aylward looked up from the papers which he affected to be tidying, and Alan thought that there was a kind of challenge in his eyes.

A moment before he had made up his mind that no power on earth would induce him to spend a Sunday with his late partners at The Court.

Now, acting upon some instinct or impulse, he reversed his opinion.
"Thanks," he said, "if that is understood, I shall be happy to come.

I will drive over from Yarleys in time for dinner to-morrow.

Perhaps you will say so to Barbara." "She will be glad, I am sure," answered Mr.Haswell, "for she told me the other day that she wants to consult you about some outdoor theatricals that she means to get up in July." "In July!" answered Alan with a little laugh.