Was he, too, so unconscious of sex, of opportunity?
Ah! _that_ she doubted! The young man played his part stoutly; flung back the ball without a break; but there were glances, and movements and expressions, which to this shrewd feminine eye appeared to betray what no scrutiny could detect in Diana--a pleasure within a pleasure, and thoughts behind thoughts.

At any rate, he prolonged the walk as long as it could be prolonged; he accompanied them to the very door of their carriage, and would have delayed them there but that Diana looked at her watch in dismay.
"You'll hear plenty of that sort of stuff to-night!" he said, as he helped them to their wraps.

"'Perish India!' and all the rest of it.

All they'll mind at Tallyn will be that the Afridis haven't killed a few more Britishers." Diana gave him a rather grave smile and bow as the carriage drove on.
Mrs.Colwood wondered whether the Captain's last remark had somehow offended her companion.

But Miss Mallory made no reference to it.
Instead, she began to give her companion some preliminary information as to the party they were likely to find at Tallyn.
As Mrs.Colwood already knew, Mr.Oliver Marsham, member for the Western division of Brookshire, was young and unmarried.