'Excuse me,' interposed Mr Quarmby, 'there's some mistake in all
that.'
He went on to state what he knew, from Yule himself, concerning
Milvain's history. Though in this instance a corrector, Mr
Quarmby took an opportunity, a few hours later, of informing Mr
Hinks that the attack on Yule in The Current was almost certainly
written by young Milvain, with the result that when the rumour
reached Yule's ears it was delivered as an undoubted and
well-known fact.
It was a month prior to this that Milvain made his call upon
Marian Yule, on the Sunday when her father was absent. When told
of the visit, Yule assumed a manner of indifference, but his
daughter understood that he was annoyed. With regard to the
sisters who would shortly be living in London, he merely said
that Marian must behave as discretion directed her. If she wished
to invite the Miss Milvains to St Paul's Crescent, he only begged
that the times and seasons of the household might not be
disturbed.
As her habit was, Marian took refuge in silence. Nothing could
have been more welcome to her than the proximity of Maud and
Dora, but she foresaw that her own home would not be freely open
to them; perhaps it might be necessary to behave with simple
frankness, and let her friends know the embarrassments of the
situation.
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