He paused for a second and then rose and walked across the room.

'You know, I suppose,' he resumed, 'that I am going out to Matanga in a month.' 'I heard something of that from Mr.Fielding,' she said gently.
'Yes,' he said, with a change in his voice to brisk cheerfulness.

'It seemed to me that I ought to go.

Our interests there are rather large now.

I consulted my fellow-directors, and they agreed with me.' The sudden disappearance of the constraint which had marked him surprised Mrs.Willoughby.