"You look so tired, Miss Lorimer; let me find you a seat."
"No, thank you; I prefer to stand. One sees the world so much better."
"Ah, you like to see the world?"
"Yes; it is always interesting."
"It is to be assumed that you are fond of society?"
"Does one follow from the other?"
"No; I merely hazarded the question."
"One demands so much more of a game in which one is taking part," said Gertrude; "and with social intercourse, one is always thinking how much better managed it might be."
They both laughed.