"You know we've spoken of that before." "I'm speaking now of all of you," said Nanda.

"But it was she who was most so, for she tried--I know she did, she told me so--to control you.
And it was when, you were most controlled--!" Van's amusement took it up.

"That we were most detrimental ?" "Yes, because of course what's so awfully unutterable is just what we most notice.

Tishy knows that," Nanda wonderfully observed.
As the reflexion of her tone might have been caught by an observer in Vanderbank's face it was in all probability caught by his interlocutress, who superficially, however, need have recognised there--what was all she showed--but the right manner of waiting for dinner.

"The better way then is to dash right in?
That's what our friend here does ?" "Oh you know what she does!" the girl replied as with a sudden drop of interest in the question.