I have accused myself of it." He always took a tone of conscientiousness, of self-censure, in talking with Miss Vance; he could not help it.
"Oh no.

And I never allowed myself to form any judgment of her.

She is very pretty, don't you think, in a kind of way ?" "Very." "She has a beautiful brunette coloring: that floury white and the delicate pink in it.

Her eyes are beautiful." "She's graceful, too," said Beaton.

"I've tried her in color; but I didn't make it out." "I've wondered sometimes," said Miss Vance, "whether that elusive quality you find in some people you try to paint doesn't characterize them all through.