When she entered the parlour Paul stept forward to take her in his arms. That was a matter of course. She knew it would be so, and she had prepared herself for it. "Paul," she said, "let me hear about all this--first." She sat down at some distance from him,--and he found himself compelled to seat himself at some little distance from her.
"And so you have heard of Mrs. Hurtle," he said, with a faint attempt at a smile.
"Yes;--Felix told me, and Roger evidently had heard about her."
"Oh yes; Roger Carbury has heard about her from the beginning;--knows the whole history almost as well as I know it myself. I don't think your brother is as well informed."

When she entered the parlour Paul stepped forward to take her in his arms. She had prepared herself for this.
"Paul," she said, "let me hear about all this first." She sat down at some distance from him.
"And so you have heard of Mrs. Hurtle," he said, with a faint attempt at a smile.
"Yes. Felix told me, and Roger evidently had heard about her."
"Oh yes; Roger knows the whole history. I don't think your brother is as well informed."
