"What brings you to town in such a hurry?" he asked.
"I felt lonely and thought I would give you a surprise," she said, with a faint smile.
"You had no business to come without first writing me about it."
"I saw no harm in it."
"Harm, no; but it is a strange proceeding on your part," he replied.
"Are you not pleased to see me?" she asked.
"Of course I am," he answered, testily. "It's the manner of your coming I do not approve of."
"You will soon recover from the shock," she said, carelessly. "Shall we dine at seven. I have invited Ulick Maynard to join us. He called this afternoon, and I thought it only polite. He accepted on condition you had no objection, and I said you would be very pleased to see him."
Warren Courtly with difficulty suppressed an oath. Of late he had avoided Ulick, and he was the last man he cared to meet.
"I would rather have had you to myself," he said.