"This is your house, isn't it?"
"Yes."
"All the houses about here are yours, aren't they?"
"Most of them are, Miss Fane."
"Then you are a great man?"
The question was put so simply that Mr. Delane could not suspect a sarcastic intent.
"Only locally," he answered, smiling.
"Have you any daughters?" she asked.
"Yes; one."
"What is she like?"