"So they are, most of them."
"I suppose you think Mr. Bannister's right too?"
"I shouldn't be so down on him as you are."
"You like people who lead their friends on and then forsake them?"
"Bannister never asked him to write the letter."
"Well, it's not my idea of friendship. I wouldn't have a friend who thought that conduct right."
"Then I think it deuced wrong," said Sir Harry promptly.
"It's no compliment to a woman to treat her like a baby," remarked Tora with dignity.
Sir Harry perceived that it would be to his advantage to change the subject.
"Are you going skating?" he asked. "There's nothing else to do in this beastly frost."