You have made yourself very agreeable to them, and they like you extremely." "Ah," said Bernard, laughing, "if you are going to be coarse and flattering, I collapse.

If you are going to titillate my vanity, I succumb." "It won't be so disagreeable," Gordon observed, with an intention vaguely humorous.
"Oh no, it won't be disagreeable.

I will go to Mrs.Vivian every morning, hat in hand, for my orders." Gordon Wright, with his hands in his pockets and a meditative expression, took several turns about the room.
"It will be a capital chance," he said, at last, stopping in front of his companion.
"A chance for what ?" "A chance to arrive at a conclusion about my young friend." Bernard gave a gentle groan.
"Are you coming back to that?
Did n't I arrive at a conclusion long ago?
Did n't I tell you she was a delightful girl ?" "Do you call that a conclusion?
The first comer could tell me that at the end of an hour." "Do you want me to invent something different ?" Bernard asked.

"I can't invent anything better." "I don't want you to invent anything.

I only want you to observe her--to study her in complete independence.