"Well, yes, he does need some of my attention."
"What a noise he makes!" said Ora, for a dragging tread sounded on the ceiling of the room. "He must be rather a bore?"
"Yes, he is," said Ashley, with a short laugh and a quick amused glance at her.
"Where's my picture?" Ora demanded, looking round.
"Strictly concealed," Ashley assured her.
"I wonder I've never come here before," she reflected, sitting down in his arm-chair.
"Well, on the whole, so do I," said Ashley, laughing still.
She was taking a careful and interested view of the room. The steps overhead went on.
"I think it would be very nice," she said at last, "except for Metcalfe Brown."