I know that half a throb could create an earthquake in Matanga.' What if the man's established interest in this direction were to suppress his nascent interest in Clarice! Fielding immediately asked Drake what he thought of Miss Le Mesurier.
'Oh!' said the latter, palpably waking from reflections of quite another order, 'I liked her,' and he spoke of her looks.
'She has the art of dressing well,' corrected Fielding, disappointment spurring him to provoke advocacy of the lady.

Drake, however, was indifferent to the correction.
'I like her eyes,' he said.
'She is skilled in the use of them.' 'I didn't notice that.

They seemed of the quiet kind.' 'At need she can swing a wrecker's light behind them.' 'I like her hand too.

It has the grip of a friend.' 'A friend! Yes.

There's the pitfall.' Drake only laughed.