"Therefore we may be obliged to abandon the theatre proposition." Another silence, still more grave.

Uncle John was discreet enough to say nothing.

The Stantons and Mrs.Montrose felt it was not their affair.
Arthur Weldon was slyly enjoying the chagrin visible upon the faces of Mr.Merrick's three pretty nieces.
As for A.Jones, he was industriously figuring upon the back of an envelope with a stubby bit of pencil..