Why the occasion should have a peculiar character she explained to no one.

As far as any one could see, it was simply very pleasant.

Acton came for her and drove her to his door, an operation which was rapidly performed.
His house the Baroness mentally pronounced a very good one; more articulately, she declared that it was enchanting.

It was large and square and painted brown; it stood in a well-kept shrubbery, and was approached, from the gate, by a short drive.

It was, moreover, a much more modern dwelling than Mr.Wentworth's, and was more redundantly upholstered and expensively ornamented.