"There's the latest. It was taken a month ago."
Lord Henry examined it closely.
"Yes," he said, with his customary gravity in dealing with interesting questions. "I see. I see now. Well?"
"Can you see the girl she is? Daring,—oh, and can I say it?"
Lord Henry looked up and blinked rapidly again.
"A little—a little——"
"A little inclined to temperamental precocity?" Lord Henry enquired.
Mrs. Delarayne, very much relieved, nodded quickly.
"That's exactly it,—that's just what I meant to say,—that's it precisely. Oh how accurately that describes her!"
The elegant widow was uncommonly agitated and anxious. Lord Henry noted her state of mind, and wondered what it signified.