"Mario Escobar is too picturesque a person for these primitive days." Hillyard was not sure what Sir Charles Hardiman precisely meant.

But on the other hand he was anxious to ask no direct questions concerning Escobar.

He sought to enter in by another gate.
"Primitive ?" he said.
"Yes.

We have become rather primitive, especially the women.

They have lost a deal of self-consciousness.