" You have a room of your own," and she took the inkstand from Nicholas.
"In a minute, in a minute," he said, dipping his pen.
"You always manage to do things at the wrong time," continued Vera.
" You came rushing into the drawing room so that everyone felt ashamed of you.
" Though what she said was quite just, perhaps for that very reason no one replied, and the four simply looked at one another.