We can all see that." The girl turned a steady face on her companion.

Mrs.Fotheringham was conscious of a certain secret admiration.

But her own point of view had nothing to do with Miss Drake's.
"It amuses him to talk to her," she said, sharply; "I am sure I hope it won't come to anything more.

It would be very unsuitable." "Why?
Politics?
Oh! that doesn't matter a bit." "I beg your pardon.

Oliver is becoming an important man, and it will never do for him to hamper himself with a wife who cannot sympathize with any of his enthusiasms and ideals." Miss Drake shrugged her shoulders.
"He would convert her--and he likes triumphing.