"You are a politician, and you would deny anything.

Don't you think her very handsome ?" Borrowdean gravely considered the matter, which was in itself a somewhat humorous thing.

Slim and erect, with a long, graceful neck, and a carriage of the head which somehow suggested the environment of a court, Mrs.Handsell was distinctly, even from a distance, a pleasant person to look upon.

He nodded approvingly.
"Yes, she is good-looking," he admitted.

"Is she a neighbour of yours ?" "She has taken a house within a hundred yards of ours," Clara Mannering answered.