Now to me the most terrible thing on earth is not to be without beauty, but to be without money--" She smiled.

"You are talking like Gideon Vetch." He caught at the name quickly.

"Like Gideon Vetch?
You mean that I sound ignoble ?" The laughter in his eyes made him look almost boyish, and she felt that she had come suddenly close to him.

After all he was very attractive.
"Is he ignoble ?" she asked.

"I have seen him only once, and that was at the dinner a week ago." He looked at her intently.