And so she fell into the trap which he set for her with so little pains.
That is, she grew gossipy and communicative.
"And does Master Jack come here sometimes?" asked the sham Mr. Saville.
She shook her head.
"Never."
"Mamma would object, of course," he said lightly; "this is such a wicked place for her good, mild, innocent boy to come to."
Marietta laughed a good deal at hearing young Jack spoken of thus.
"Neither of the young gentlemen are too innocent," she said; "but yet they don't come here."
"Possibly they have no taste for this sort of thing," suggested Hunston.
Marietta shrugged her shoulders.