Now I wonder if he would find Elaine a more common type than Vivienne if he went home to Carnaby.

Still, if you look a little more closely, there is literature which might throw a slightly different light upon the man's character.
I notice a bulky volume on soft-wooded trees, somebody on trigonometry, geology in relation to mining, and what I recognize as a standard work on finance and banking." Alice Deringham smiled.

"Do you know I fancy that Alton of Somasco would with a little training make his mark at home," she said.

"Has he mentioned any intention of returning with you ?" Deringham's face grew a trifle sombre.

"He has not.