"Some people do—very few. Most people prefer to be at home one evening in the week."
"What sort of people are Madame Del Ferice's friends?"
"Excellent people."
"Why are you so cautious?"
"Because you are about to be one of them, Madame."
"Am I? No, I will not begin another catechism! You are too clever—I shall never get a direct answer from you."
"Not in that way," answered Orsino with a frankness that made his companion smile.
"How then?"
"I think you would know how," he replied gravely, and he fixed his young black eyes on her with an expression that made her half close her own.
"I should think you would make a good actor," she said softly.