"I confess that I am a great deal more interested in Miss Blithers than I am in the Prince. By the way, what would you have done had you been placed in her position?"
"I think I should have acted quite as independently as she."
"If your father were to pick out a husband for you, whether or no, you would refuse to obey the paternal command?"
"Most assuredly. As a matter of fact, Mr. Schmidt, my father has expressed a wish that I should marry a man who doesn't appeal to me at all."
"And you refuse?"
"Absolutely."
"More or less as Miss Blithers has done," he said pointedly.
"Miss Blithers, I understand, has the advantage of me in one respect. I am told that she wants to marry another man and is very much in love with him."
"A chap named Scoville," said Robin, unguardedly.
"You know him, Mr. Schmidt?"