"Is because I haven't any to wear. I have a few of my mother's, but they are old-fashioned and heavy, and look very silly on my hands. I must get them reset."
"I like rings on pretty hands, such as yours."
"And Florence's. Yes, she has pretty hands, and pretty rings also."
"Has she?"
"What! Would you have me believe you never noticed them? Oh, Sir Guy, how deceitful you can be!"
"Now, that is just the very one vice of which I am entirely innocent. You wrong me. I couldn't be deceitful to save my life. I always think it must be so fatiguing. Most young ladies have pretty hands, I suppose; but I never noticed those of Miss Beauchamp, or her rings either, in particular. Are you fond of rings?"
"Passionately fond," laughing. "I should like to have every finger and both of my thumbs covered with them up to the first knuckle."
"And nobody ever gave you one?"
"Nobody," shaking her head emphatically. "Wasn't it unkind of them?"