"[...] Tristram Hungerford laughed. "All the better for us! It is dull enough without you." "O, what stories!" exclaimed Horatia. "You have not been dull. You have had Mr. Dormer with you!" There was mockery in her eyes. "I know all about it. Tell me the truth now! How long did he stay?" "A week, Horatia, only a week, and since then it has been duller than[...]".