Keith of late had not been sending up his card; a servant simply announced his name.

This, then, decided her.

It was the most fortunate thing in the world that Alice had gone off and was out of the way.

It gave Mrs.Yorke the very opportunity she desired.

If, as she divined, the young man wished to talk to her about anything personal, she would speak kindly to him, but so plainly that he could never forget it.