Mr. and Mrs. Palmer were of the party; from the former, whom they had not seen before since their arrival in town, as he was careful to avoid the appearance of any attention to his mother-in-law, and therefore never came near her, they received no mark of recognition on their entrance.
De Heer en Mevrouw Palmer waren van de partij; de eerste, dien zij sedert kun komst in de stad niet hadden gezien, daar hij den schijn van beleefdheid jegens zijne schoonmoeder zorgvuldig vermeed, en zich dus nooit bij haar aan huis vertoonde, gaf geen blijk hen te herkennen, toen zij binnentraden.