[ZoomStats] Same pit; not only such men as Griffenberg and Wirsch and

[Jaquith M. <ta...@va...>]

Nevitable response; but looking in those clear, guileless eyes, he could
not entertain any such suspicion. "I beg your pardon; but it does matter
very much," he retorted. "In the first place, a man does not like being
cut by a lady; and in the next, we shall be neighbours--I'm going to
stay there--" he nodded grimly at the beautiful "little place."
"Neighbours?" she said, half absently. "It is farther off than you
think; and, besides, we know no one. We have no neighbours in that
sense--or friends. My father does not like to see anyone; we live quite
alone--" "So I've heard--" He stopped and bit his lip; but she did not
seem to have noticed his interruption. --"So that even if my father did
not object to the house or--or--" "My father," said Stafford with a
smile. A s