"The case speaks for itself."
"Am I to understand that you do not consider me a proper person to visit at your house?"
"That is what I intended to convey to you, and I have to thank you for saving me the trouble of expressing myself."
Jack turned to Lena, regarding her almost with an imploring glance.
"Do you concur in your brother's opinion?" he asked.
She would not trust herself to speak, but inclined her head.
Burning with mortification, Jack quitted the house with despair in his heart, for it seemed as if Lena was lost to him forever.
In order to regain her good-will it would be necessary to satisfy her brother, and as he would listen to no explanation, this course seemed impossible.
For some time he was inconsolable, but he determined to go to the race all the same, hoping that he might at least see Lena there.
It was a lovely day, and all the wealth and fashion of New York was hastening toward the Park.