"Before or after she had found her soul?" she asked, with a mocking smile.
He laughed that low, light laugh for which she hated him.
"I have never quite made up my mind as to whether women have souls or not," he said. "I am inclined to think not; if they have, they certainly make queer use of them."
"Lady Linleigh!" cried the girl, to the countess, who was just passing by, "what do you imagine Lord Vivianne says?"
"I cannot imagine," replied the countess, with a smile.
"He says he is inclined to believe women have no souls; or, if they have, they make queer use of them."
The countess looked slightly shocked.
Lord Vivianne gave one angry look at the spoiled beauty.
"That is a very dreadful opinion to hold, my lord," said Lady Estelle.
"Lady Studleigh is hardly just to me," he replied. "She tells you what I say, but she does not tell you, although she knows, what led me to form that opinion."