If the Marquis had not been present, he might have passed for quite a good-looking man.
He was tall but rather thickset and, because he was angry, there was a scowl on his face and he walked towards the Marquis in a manner that was obviously aggressive.
“Good afternoon, Burnham!” the Marquis said. “This is indeed a surprise! I was not expecting you.”
“I have come,” Lord Burnham said in a loud voice, “to see for myself if this mythical young woman to whom you have announced your engagement actually exists.”
He paused before he went on with the air of a man giving an address to a large company of people,
“It appears to me to be very strange that none of your friends have heard of her, nor has she been seen in any Social circles or by anybody of my acquaintance, except of course my wife,
