"I would not be impertinent for the world—the temptation was overwhelming; it is so lovely, your hair—"
His voice was quite sincere, and it was not in her plan to quarrel with him.
"Very well."
"I want to hear so many things about you, child—tell me what made you come to my aunt's?—I somehow cannot ever feel that you should be in any dependent position."
"I came to educate myself—I do not mean to be dependent always—What do you do in the Foreign Office?"
He gave her a brief sketch of his days.
"Well, then," she said, "you have to do what you are told to also—nothing matters as long as the spirit is not dependent. You will be a Chief some day, I suppose?"
"Perhaps—and are you learning here?"
"Yes—and you could teach me if you liked."
"I should quite adore it—what wages should I have?"