"How very fortunate it is," he observed, "that I happened to call upon Mr. Had he but known it, his outburst had done him no harm in the major’s eyes. It is for that reason that this novel begins with her there, and neither earlier nor later, for it is the history of this crisis and its consequences that this novel has to tell. Montague Hill was taken for the millionaire once or twice, and I suppose it flattered his vanity. He was full of fabulous stories, not just tales of his own past in Rome but wonderful fables from the mysterious Orient and the ancient Greeks, old jokes and yarns that only he remembered. He stopped on the curb-stone, not facing her but as if he was on his way to cross the road, and spoke to her suddenly over his shoulder. ‘He was very kind to me.
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