Mrs.Toplady, in her corner of the railway carriage, seemed to be smiling over a newspaper article.
"The feeling must be very transitory," said Dymchurch, with humorous arch of brows.
"Oh, it doesn't trouble me very often.

I know I should have done just as much as men do, if I had had the chance." "Considerably more, no doubt, than either Honeybourne or I." "You have never really put out your strength, I'm afraid, Lord Dymchurch," said May, regarding him with her candid smile.

"Never in anything--have you ?" "No," he responded, in a like tone.

"A trifler--always a trifler!" "But if you _know_ it--" Something in his look made her pause.

She looked out of the window, before adding: "Still, I don't think it's quite true.