'Her proposed undertaking brought out some adverse criticism till it was known that she intended to have more than one architectural opinion.

An excellent stroke of hers to disarm criticism.
You saw the second letter in the morning papers ?' 'No,' said the other.
'The writer states that he has discovered that the competent advice of two architects is to be taken, and withdraws his accusations.' Somerset said nothing for a minute.

'Have you been supplied with the necessary data for your drawings ?' he asked, showing by the question the track his thoughts had taken.
Havill said that he had.

'But possibly not so completely as you have,' he added, again smiling fiercely.

Somerset did not quite like the insinuation, and the two speakers parted, the younger going towards the musicians, who had now begun to fill the air with their strains from the embowered enclosure of a drooping ash.