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.

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.
