"Mrs. Dainton, I mean. Is she such a great actress?"
"Well," sparred Clayton, carefully examining another scarab, "opinions differ as to her greatness."
"But she must make an awful lot of money," insisted Martha.
"Isn't that the same thing?"
"Not always. You have to get the money before you can spend it."
"Then she has another income, like Mrs. Kilpatrick, I suppose?"
"She probably has another income, only it's not quite the same. In fact—But I don't think we had better worry about her, Miss Farnum."
"But I'm interested. Perhaps—why, perhaps I might go on the stage myself, some day," added Martha, suddenly, as an afterthought.
"You go on the stage?" laughed Clayton. "Nonsense!"