"But of course," she went on, "it cannot be Mr.Bingham that she was thinking of, because you see he is married." "Married ?" he said, "yes, but he's a man for all that, and a very handsome one." "Yes, I should call him handsome--a fine man," Elizabeth answered critically; "but, as Beatrice said the other day, the great charm about him is his talk and power of mind.

He is a very remarkable man, and the world will hear of him before he has done.

But, however, all this is neither here nor there.

Beatrice is a curious woman, and has strange ideas, but I am sure that she would never carry on with a married man." "But he might carry on with her, Miss Elizabeth." She laughed.

"Do you really think that a man like Mr.Bingham would try to flirt with girls without encouragement?
Men like that are as proud as women, and prouder; the lady must always be a step ahead.