He rose eagerly as she entered, but he did not shake hands.
"I thought possession would be nine points of the law, so I ensconced myself here, and awaited you, and I am going to stay until you turn me out."
"Very well—that will be at ten minutes to one—at five minutes to, Thomas comes to lay the table for my lunch."
"That gives us just under half an hour—Katherine, you beautiful thing, let me look at you!"
And now he took both her hands and pulled her to the light.
"You have grown much prettier, you know—and are more attractive than ever, alas!"
"If you are going to talk like that, although you may stay, I shall leave you alone."
"No, I am going to be reasonable. Tell me everything, what you have been doing, and reading, and thinking, since I went away?"
"I have been doing my work—and reading all the books you gave me—and many others—and thinking about life."
"Never once of me, I suppose?"