I do not like Mr.Barker very much." "Oh, he is no end of a good fellow in his way," said her brother.

"Have you--a--any reason for not liking him, Vick ?" "I think he is spiteful.

He says such horrid things." "Does he?
What about ?" said the Duke indifferently, as he tore a bit of charred paper from the end of his cigarette, which had burned badly.

She did not answer at first.

He inspected the cigarette, puffed it into active life again, and looked up.
"What about, Vick ?" "About his friend--about Doctor Claudius.