"Yes; he came ashore with the Fanes."
Selwyn flushed a little but went on cutting the pages of the magazine. When he had finished he flattened the pages between both covers, and said, without raising his eyes:
"I'm sorry that crowd is to be in evidence."
"They always are and always will be," smiled his sister.
He looked up at her: "Do you mean that anybody else is a guest at Brookminster?"
"Yes, Phil."
"Alixe?"
"Yes."
He looked down at the book on his knees and began to furrow the pages absently.
"Phil," she said, "have you heard anything this summer—lately—about the Ruthvens?"