A knock sounded at the door. A minute later the boy walked in. The sight of Maudie Sinclair produced a momentary start, but he recovered himself and delivered a note from his mother, the excuse for his visit. While Mrs. Mortimer read it, Harry sat down and looked at her. She was obliged to treat his arrival as unimportant, and invited him to have a glass of wine.
Most men do.
Maudie allowed herself to laugh. Mrs. Mortimer saw the joke, too, but its amusement was bitter to her. Poor George gets down from town so tired. She knew how sharp schoolgirls' eyes are in such things. Maudie was not long after him.