When I get Mr.Herrick alone I mean to ask him about the Behistun Inscription;" and then Mr.Carlyon strolled towards them, followed by Cedric, and Elizabeth, who had finished her coffee, advanced towards them.
"They are still at it tooth and nail," observed David in an amused tone.

"I should have stopped to listen to them, only this fellow was so sick of the discussion.

What a well-informed chap Herrick is!" "So Dinah and I were saying," remarked Elizabeth, as they paced slowly down the terrace.

"Why were you so silent ?" she continued; "you know a good deal about these subjects too." "Who?
I! My dear Miss Elizabeth, you are quite mistaken.

Ask the vicar, and he will tell you that I am really a duffer in these matters.