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Her husband had been a very learned man -- Professor of numerous Oriental languages at University College for some years , afterwards a Judge in Calcutta ; and as he had always lived in the West Central district during his Professorate , Mrs. Romaine declared that she loved it and could live nowhere else . The house in Russell Square was only partly hers . Her brother rented some of the rooms -LRB- shared the house with her , as Mrs. Romaine vaguely phrased it -RRB- , and lightened the expense . But the two drawing-rooms , opening out of one another , were entirely at Mrs. Romaine 's disposal , and she was generally to be found there between four and five o'clock in an afternoon -- a fact of which it is to be presumed that Mr. Brooke was aware . `` So you have come back to town ? '' she said , rising to meet him , and extending both hands with a pretty air of appropriative friendship . `` Yes ; but I hardly expected to find you here so early . ''