Does it seem a queer arrangement ?" "She seems very intelligent," said Julian, letting the question pass by, and speaking with some constraint.

"Isn't it a pity that she can't find some employment better suited to her ?" "I don't see what is open.

Could you suggest anything ?" Julian was silent.
"In any case, it won't last very long, I suppose ?" he said, looking up with a smile which was rather a trembling of the lip.
"Why ?" They gazed at each other for a moment.
"No," said Waymark, shaking his head and smiling.

"It isn't as you think.

It is perfectly understood between us that we are to be agreeable company to each other, and absolutely nothing beyond that.