“Never mind; answer it.”
“Frankly?”
“Yes. Do you like him?”
“Well, you put a plain question, which, to say the truth, I would rather not answer, but if you insist——”
“I do insist, you perverse creature.”
“Well, then, my answer is that I do not like him at all.”
“I thought as much.”
“Then you are not mistaken.”
“And your reasons?”
“He displeases me. It is wrong to be prejudiced against any person, but, nevertheless, I frankly confess that the moment I set eyes upon him I felt towards him the greatest possible aversion.”