It is the first call he has made in weeks; so you _see_! But there! he doesn't consider running in here a call." Call or not, it spoiled the evening for at least two of the company.
Pearson left early.

Captain Elisha excused himself soon after and went to his room, leaving the Dunns to chat with Caroline for an hour or more.

Malcolm joked and was languid and cynical.

His mother asked a few carefully guarded questions.
"Quite a clever person, this young author friend of yours seems to be, Caroline," she observed.

"Almost brilliant, really." "He isn't a friend of mine, exactly," replied the girl.