“My aunt is really a most estimable person. I promise myself some amusement when she explains the origin of the ‘fuss’ to you.”
“To me?”
“Yes. Have I not your permission to bring her to see you in London?”
“Something was said about that.”
“May I add that I hope to make Mr. Vanrenen’s acquaintance on Tuesday?”
She looked at him in rather a startled way.
“Are you going to call and see my father?” she asked.
“Yes.”
“But—why, exactly?”
“In the first place, to give him news of your well-being. Letters are good, but the living messenger is better. Secondly, I want to find out just why he traveled from Paris to London yesterday.”