She looked at her companion curiously.
"Tell me," she asked, "what did you think of Mrs.Wenham Gardner ?" Tavernake answered deliberately, and after a moment's reflection.
"I thought her," he said, "one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen in my life.

That is not saying very much, perhaps, but to me it meant a good deal.

She was exceedingly gracious and her interest in you seemed quite real and even affectionate.

I do not understand why you should wish to hide from such a woman." "You found her attractive ?" Beatrice persisted.
"I found her very attractive indeed," Tavernake admitted, without hesitation.

"She had an air with her.