"Absolutely," Mr. Vavasour replied.
"Yes, but of course my father's awfully old-fashioned, and he may think I oughtn't to go on the stage."
"Too much exposed to temptation and all that, I suppose?" suggested Mr. Vavasour.
"Oh no," said Norah, irritably, withdrawing her arm. "I didn't mean that. I meant he might think the family wouldn't like it."
She had intended to give the impression of belonging to a poor but noble family without giving the impression of being snobbish, and she was rather annoyed with Mr. Vavasour for not understanding at once what she meant.
"Oh, but people from the best families go on the stage nowadays," he assured her.
"Yes, I suppose they do," Norah agreed.
"And of course you could always change your name," he added.
"Yes, of course I could do that," she admitted.
"I changed mine, for instance," he told her.