"And I say; we didn't know anybody else was here--" "Only his aunt and Wayward--" Malcourt cast a troubled glance around the room, repeating: "I didn't understand that anybody was here." "What difference does that make?
You're coming back to stay, aren't you ?" Malcourt looked at him.

"That's supposed to be the excuse for our coming....

Certainly; I'm your superintendent, back from a fortnight's leave to get married in....

That's understood." ...

And, stepping nearer: "There's hell to pay in town.