"And now I have something to say to you." Mr. Broune as he thus spoke to Lady Carbury rose up to his feet and then sat down again. There was an air of perturbation about him which was very manifest to the lady, and the cause and coming result of which she thought that she understood. "The susceptible old goose is going to do something highly ridiculous and very disagreeable." It was thus that she spoke to herself of the scene that she saw was prepared for her, but she did not foresee accurately the shape in which the susceptibility of the "old goose" would declare itself. "Lady Carbury," said Mr. Broune, standing up a second time, "we are neither of us so young as we used to be."
"No, indeed;--and therefore it is that we can afford to ourselves the luxury of being friends. Nothing but age enables men and women to know each other intimately."

"And now I have something to say to you." Mr. Broune as he spoke stood up, then sat down again, with a perturbed air.
"The susceptible old goose is going to do something highly ridiculous and disagreeable," she thought.
"Lady Carbury," said Mr. Broune, standing up a second time, "we are neither of us so young as we used to be."
"No, indeed; and that is why we can afford the luxury of being friends. Nothing but age enables men and women to know each other intimately."
