It was the hour of five o'clock tea and many people were passing in and out.

She came gracefully down the steps.

The two men remained speechless.
"I have been waiting for you, Mr.Draconmeyer," she remarked, smiling.
Draconmeyer remembered suddenly the packet of notes which he had been to fetch from the bank.

He tried to speak but only faltered.

Selingman had removed his hat but he, too, seemed incapable of coherent speech.