Any visitors whom I choose to invite to my house--" "But he invited himself." "No matter, he came, and I certainly had no reason to turn him out.

I consider Dr.Grey's objections to him perfectly ridiculous.

Why, one meets the young man every where, in the very best society, and his manners are charming.

But that is not the question.

The question is just this: Was he, or was he not, an acquaintance of Mrs.Grey's before her marriage?
and if he were, why did she not say so ?" "Perhaps she did." "Not to me; when he called at the Lodge and I introduced them, they bowed as if they were just ordinary strangers.