‘You are utterly wrong—you mistake her altogether.’
‘Mistake a woman! Dick, will you tell me what I do know, if I do not read every turn and trick of their tortuous nature? They are occasionally hard to decipher when they’re displeased. It’s very big print indeed when they’re angry.’
‘You’re off, are you?’ asked Nina, as Kate was about to leave.
‘Yes; I’m going to read to him.’
‘To read to him!’ said Nina, laughing. ‘How nice it sounds, when one sums up all existence in a pronoun. Good-night, dearest—good-night,’ and she kissed her twice. And then, as Kate reached the door, she ran towards her, and said, ‘Kiss me again, my dearest Kate!’
‘I declare you have left a tear upon my cheek,’ said Kate.
‘It was about all I could give you as a wedding-present,’ muttered Nina, as she turned away.
‘Are you come to study whist, Nina?’ said Lord Kilgobbin, as she drew nigh the table.
