And do you like him ?" "I couldn't say until I knew him better." "It isn't easy to know him, I think," said Cecily, in a reflective and perfectly natural tone, smiling thoughtfully.

"But he is a very interesting man, and I wish he would be more friendly with me.

I tried hard to win his confidence on the journey from Genoa, but I didn't seem to have much success.

I fancy"-- she laughed--"that he is still in the habit of regarding me as a little girl, who wouldn't quite understand him if he spoke of serious things.

When I wished to talk of his painting, he would only joke.