I suppose because he was associated with him so much, you know." Mr.Whitney's eyes again wandered to the face of the secretary.

He started involuntarily.

"By George!" he ejaculated, mentally, "Hugh Mainwaring, as sure as I live! Not a feature like him, but the same expression.

What does it mean?
Can it be simply from association ?" In a state of great bewilderment he endeavored still to entertain Miss Carleton, though it is to be feared she found him rather absent-minded.

He was passing out of the dining-room in a brown study when some one touched his arm.