"Yes," she replied, "I liked Prince Poermal, and I liked the Duke of Eastham, but I did not like all my partners."
Lord Linleigh laughed.
"That is hardly to be supposed," he said. "If it be not a rude question, which of them did your ladyship dislike?"
"Dislike is too strong a word, papa. I did not care about Lord Vivianne; he tired me very much. How can people admire him?"
"You do not like him?" said the earl. "I suppose it does not much matter, but I am rather sorry. He seemed to take a great fancy to me, and pressed me to try shooting with him. If you do not like him, I shall not."
She laughed.
"There is no need for that, papa: it does not quite follow that because he is not to my taste, he is not to yours, does it?"
"No; but he spoke of calling on us, and did his best to make me understand that he wished to be on visiting terms with us."
"Why not?" she asked, indolently.
"If you do not like him, Doris, I should never care to see him inside our doors."