"So all engaged people tell me," she answered; "I shall take warning from this experience of others. But we must walk faster; Miss Waring will think us lost, unless Mr. Hinchley is charming enough to make her forget our absence."
"I think Margaret does not care much for the society of gentlemen."
"Not in general, I believe."
"Nor in any particular case, I should hope," he said, quickly. "We quarrel a great deal, as you know, Miss Chase, but I have never thought coquetry among her faults."
"Nor I."
"Hinchley is greatly admired by young ladies," pursued Laurence; "but he seems to care very little about it."
"He is very handsome—"
"Why, you hardly looked at him."
"I was quoting Miss Waring—incorrectly, however."
"What did she say?"