Nigel led her into the rarely used drawing-room and found a chair for her between the open window and the conservatory.

At first they exchanged but few words.

The sense of her near presence affected Nigel as nothing of the sort had ever done before.

She for her part seemed quite content with a silence which had in it many of the essentials of eloquence.
"If the history of these days is ever written by an irascible German historian," Naida remarked at length, "he will probably declare that the destinies of the world have been affected during this last month by an outburst of primitivism.

Do you know that I have written quite nice things to Paul about you English people?
Honest things, of course, but still things which you helped me to discover.