'Well?
You have seen him ?' 'Yes.' 'What does he mean to do ?' she asked anxiously, taking from a chair a copy of the _Meteor_.
'Nothing,' replied Fielding.

'He resigns his seat; he gives up his directorship; he is leaving England.' Mrs.Willoughby's first look was of sheer incredulity.

'It's impossible!' she exclaimed.
'I have just returned from his chambers.

He has started from Charing Cross already.' Mrs.Willoughby sat down in the window-seat, and her look of incredulity gradually changed to one of comprehension.

'And he took such delight in London,' she said, with a break in her voice; 'just like a schoolboy.' Fielding nodded gloomily.