Richardson is oblivious, but he does make some remarks on the beauty of his wife’s jewelry and suggests she show it to Villiers after dinner. Villiers thinks back on one Mary Reynolds and gay parties. Villiers is shocked when Richardson’s “pretty, though demure-looking” wife enters the room. Villiers congratulates him and wants to meet his wife. He could have inherited his dad’s China trading company, but he sold his interest. Villiers, like many another Machen protagonist, likes to wander around London making his studies. Machen tended to use the same surnames over and over again for his characters.) The latter has gotten involved with the Indian trade and made some money. (No, this is not the same Villiers of Machen’s “The Great God Pan. One is Villiers, a bachelor, and the other the older Richardson. It starts with two old acquaintances meeting again after seven or eight years.
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