Mrs.Owen was out, the maid said, but would be back shortly.

Dan explained that he had come from Mr.Fitch, and she asked him to walk into the parlor and wait.
Sylvia Garrison and her grandfather had been at Montgomery since their visit to Waupegan and were now in Indianapolis for a day on their way to Boston.

The Delaware Street house had been closed all summer.

The floors were bare and the furniture was still jacketed in linen.

Sylvia rose as Harwood appeared at the parlor door.
"Pardon me," said Dan, as the maid vanished.