Oh, I don't say she's in love with you--" "Lily," said Pete, "is leading far too exciting a life to be in love with any one." Punctually at nine, Mr.Lanley rang the bell of the flat.

He had paused a few minutes before doing so, not wishing to weaken the effect of his mission by arriving out of breath.

Adelaide had come to see him just before lunch.

She pretended to minimize the importance of her news, but he knew she did so to evade reproach for the culpable irresponsibility of her attitude toward the young man's first visit.
"And do you know anything more about him than you did yesterday ?" he asked.
She did.

It appeared that Vincent had telephoned her from down town just before she came out.
"Tiresome young man," she said, twisting her shoulders.