"Does Lorraine know it?"
"No."
"Where is Stephanie?"
"Gone home."
She looked at him thoughtfully.
He looked at her and smiled.
"I'm sorry for you, Montague.—Lorraine will be the more determined than ever on a reconciliation."
"I've a bit more news," he replied seriously. "I was so pleased with the Postlewaite matter it clean escaped me, for the moment.—I've just heard that Amherst is back."
"Here—in town!" she cried.
"So I understand—he arrived this morning."