"Ah! fine country about here, but not a part of the world I know at all. Lady Dove has most kindly suggested some shooting, I suppose there is plenty."
"And there is some excellent golf," said Lewis cheerfully.
"Ah! I should have thought the neighbourhood was too scattered for that."
"I think you'll find it a growing neighbourhood," said Lewis, remembering Toney's advertisement and glancing at her, but she turned her head away in terror.
"Ah! I'm surprised at that. I shouldn't have expected it."
"The unexpected is frequently met with here."
"Indeed! As to society I always prefer solitude to second-rate people."
"We used to be very select, but—since——"
Toney looked reproachfully at him.
"England is changing very much in that respect; what with Socialists and Radicals, we are going to the dogs."