"He has had able teachers," laughed Mrs. McCrea.
"No, it is because he believes in himself. It's a great thing to be able to believe in yourself."
"Don't you?"
"Far from it."
"You've made a good many others believe in you."
"Not always for their own best interests, I'm afraid."
"Yes, I know," Dolly was saying to those of the women who were listening to her, "the weight of authority is against me. But I have always held, and hold yet, that a simple thing, such as lapis-lazuli, is best set in gold--much better than in silver. Talk with Castellani about it sometime, or Viola."
"Yes, and they'll tell you silver, every time," interrupted Fritzie vigorously.
Dolly waved her hand as if to dismiss controversy.
"Gold is so common," objected Lottie Nelson.