Deena could not but admire the old lady's admirable manner. She kept up an easy chatter, sometimes in French, sometimes in English, with the Russian and with a Spanish artist; she never allowed Deena to feel out of touch with the conversation, and in the midst of it all she managed to welcome her nephew.
"You are stopping _at_ my house, of course, Stephen? No-at the Savoy? That is uncharitable to a lonely old woman.
Where did you know that pretty creature, Mrs. Ponsonby?" she asked, seeing that the two foreigners were absorbing the attention of her beautiful protegee. "You should learn to guard the expression of your face, my dear boy.
I begin to understand why you cling so obstinately to Harmouth. I see the place has advantages outside the work of the college."
Here she wagged her head in self-congratulation at her own astuteness, and Stephen flushed angrily.
"Hush!" he said. "She will hear you. You have little knowledge of Mrs.
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