"Without result," he said.
"No, not without result. I am very grateful to you, and I shall remember your warning."
"But you won't profit by it," Green's voice was moody.
"I think I shall," she said. "In any case, I am only going for a week on trial. That couldn't hurt anyone."
He did not look at her. "You're going out of the goodness of your heart," he said. "And—though you won't like it—you'll stay for the same reason."
"Oh, don't you think you are rather absurd?" said Juliet. "I am not at all that sort of person, I assure you."
"I think you are," said Green.
She laughed again. "Well I am told you are quite a frequent visitor there. Why do you go—if you don't like it?"
"That is different," he said. "I can hold my own—anyway with Mr.
Fielding."
She lifted her brows. "And you think I can't?"