It seems a pity for you to have come home to this." He smiled faintly, whether at her use of the word "home" or the prospect she laid down for him it would be difficult to say.
"Shall we sit down, Anne, and discuss the situation ?" he said.

"It is one of my grandfather's orders, so I suppose we shall have to obey." She sank gracefully into a deep chair at the foot of the library table, and motioned for him to take one near-by.

The light from the chandelier fell upon her brown hair, and glinted.
"It is very strange, Braden, that we should come into each other's lives again, and in this manner.

It seems so long ago--" "Is it necessary to discuss ourselves, Anne ?" She regarded him steadily.

"Yes, I think so," she said.