“Yes, I hardly think there are any of them who would care to cultivate a refined nature, even if they had the opportunity.”

“Have you any faith in their fortune telling?”

Scott laughed as he answered: “Oh, no; though I had my fortune told by an old gypsy once, but have hardly thought of it since.”

“Has any of it come true?”

“Well, really, I have not noticed. Let me see—why yes, I do not know but there has a part of it come to pass.”

“Then she must have known.”

“No, I think she guessed at it.”

“How could she?”

“Easy enough.”

“What did she tell you?”