"I like to be kind, that is all.
I do not like to hurt anybody's feelings, and I know that Captain Baring would like very much to dine with me to-night himself.

I was obliged to throw him over last night because of Mr.Selingman's arrival." "You have not always been so considerate," he persisted.

"Why this especial care for Baring's feelings ?" She turned her head a little towards him.

She was leaning back in her corner of the lounge, her hands clasped behind her head.

There was an elaborate carelessness about her pose which she numbered among her best effects.
"Perhaps," she retorted, "I, too, find your sudden attraction for me a little remarkable.