Who on earth was this new acquaintance of Lady Merton's?
Some person she had met in the train apparently, and connected with the C.P.R.

A good-looking fellow, a little too sure of himself; but that of course was the Colonial fault.
"One of the persons coming this afternoon is an old Montreal fellow-student of mine," the Canadian was saying.

"He is going to be a great man some day.

But if you get him to talk, you won't like his opinions--I thought I'd better warn you." "How very interesting!" put in Delaine, with perhaps excessive politeness.

"What sort of opinions?
Do you grow any Socialists here ?" Anderson examined the speaker, as it were for the first time.
"The man I was speaking of is a French-Canadian," he said, rather shortly, "and a Catholic." "The very man I want to see," cried Elizabeth.