I feel sure that she did not object to your having given me her address.

I could not possibly leave London without calling upon her." Mr.Brott moved in his chair uneasily.
"It seems presumption on my part to make such a suggestion perhaps," he said slowly, "but I really believe that the Countess is in earnest with reference to her desire for seclusion just at present.

I believe that she is really very anxious that her presence in London, just now should not be generally known." "I am such a very old friend," Mr.Sabin said.

"I knew her when she was a child." Mr.Brott nodded.
"It is very strange," he said, "that you should have come together again in such a country as America, and in a small town too." "Lenox," Mr.Sabin said, "is a small place, but a great center.

By the bye, is there not some question of an impending marriage on the part of the Countess ?" "I have heard--of nothing of the sort," Mr.Brott said, looking up startled.