You have not seen much of her, perhaps, since her return ?" "Very little," he acquiesced.

"She only arrived in London just before my uncle's death, and since then I have had to spend some time at Dorminster." "As a matter of curiosity," Naida enquired, "when do you expect to see her again ?" "This afternoon, I hope," he replied,--"directly I leave here, in fact." "Then you will give her a little message for me, please ?" "With great pleasure!" "Tell her from me--mind she understands this, if you please--that she is not to leave England again until we have met." "Is this a warning ?" he asked.
She looked at him searchingly.
"I wonder," she reflected, "how much of you is Lord Dorminster's nephew." "And I, in my turn," he rejoined, with sudden boldness, "wonder how much of you is Matinsky's envoy." She began to laugh softly.
"We shall perhaps be friends, Lord Dorminster," she said.

"I should like to see more of you." "You will permit me to call upon you," he begged eagerly.
"Will you come?
We are at the Milan Court for a little time.

My father is trying to get a house.

My sister is coming over to look after him.