"I haven't come to stay.

I only looked in for a moment." He glanced towards Miss Whalley whom he had never met before.

The Vicar smilingly introduced him.

"This is the Squire's grandson and heir, Miss Whalley.

Doubtless you know him by sight as well as by repute--the keenest sportsman in the county, eh, my young friend ?" His eyes disappeared with the words as if pulled inwards by a string.
"I don't know," said Piers, becoming extremely blunt and British.