"And did you like it—'Paradise Lost'?"
"I think I did—not," returned Doris with hesitating frankness. "I liked the verses in Percy's 'Reliques' better. I like verses that rhyme, that you can sing to yourself."
"Ah! And how about the sums?"
"I didn't like them at all. But Miss Arabella said the right things were often hard, and the easy things——"
"Well, what is the fault of the easy things that we all like, and ought not to like?"
"They were not so good for anyone—though I don't see why. They are often very pleasant."
He laughed then, but some intuition told her he liked pleasant things as well.
"What do you do in such a case?"
"I did the sums. It was the right thing to do. And I studied Latin, though Miss Arabella said it was of no use to a girl."
"And the French?"