"I am speaking of the great number." "For Heaven's sake, child, don't be cynical!" the Princess remarked.
"There is no worse pose for a child of your age." "It is not a pose at all," Jeanne answered calmly.

"I do not want to be cynical, and I do not want to have unkind thoughts.

But tell me, Lord Ronald, honestly, do you think that every one would have been as kind to a girl just out of boarding-school as they have been to me if it were not that I have so much money ?" "I cannot tell about others," Lord Ronald answered.

"I can only answer for myself." His last words were almost whispered in the girl's ears, but she only shrugged her shoulders and did not return his gaze.

Their host, who had been watching them, frowned slightly.