On this bright October Saturday morning, Henry Barbour went out for a stroll, saying that he'd return at 1 o'clock. It's now 1:15, and Fanny, who is sitting at the library with Paul and Clifford, glances impatiently at the clock. She's already decided that they will eat without him if he doesn't arrive imminently, when the door goes. But it's not Henry, it's Claudia.