"My notion of beauty and yours may not agree at all."
"That's not an answer."
"Well, I consider her to be a very good-looking girl."
"Blonde?"
"Mixed. Light brown hair and very dark eyes and lashes. A little taller than I, more graceful and a splendid horse-woman. I've seen her riding."
"Astride?"
"No. I've seen her in a ball gown, too. Most men think she's stunning."
"Well, let's have a game of billiards," said he, dismissing Maud in a way that would have caused the proud Mr. Blithers to reel with indignation.
A little later on, at the billiard table, Mrs. King remarked, apropos of nothing and quite out of a clear sky, so to speak:
"And she'll do anything her parents command her to do, that's the worst of it."