Harry rose from his chair; at the same moment his wife re-entered the room. He started a little at the sight of her.
She held a letter in her hand.
"Mr. Ruston will be at Dieppe on the 15th with Walter Valentine," she said, referring to it. "Give me some coffee, Harry."
He poured it out and gave it to her, saying,
"A letter from Ruston? Let's see what he says."
"Oh, there's nothing else," she answered, laying it beside her.
Mrs. Cormack sat looking on.
"May I see?" asked Harry Dennison.
"If you like," she answered, a little surprised; and, turning to Mrs. Cormack, she added, "Mr. Ruston's a man of few words on paper."
"Ah, he makes every word mean something, I expect," returned that lady, who was quite capable of the same achievement herself, and exhibited it in this very speech.