When she spoke it was with a quiet voice, as one having plenty of time and leisure.
“Where have you been?” she asked practically. Maggie was always practical.
“To the Lanovitches’, where we met the Baron de Chauxville.”
“Ah!”
“Why—ah?”
“Because I dislike the Baron de Chauxville,” answered Maggie in her decisive way.
“I am glad of that—because I hate him!” said Paul. “Have you any reason for your dislike?”
Miss Delafield had a reason, but it was not one that she could mention to Paul. So she gracefully skirted the question.
“He has the same effect upon me as snails,” she explained airily.
Then, as if to salve her conscience, she gave the reason, but disguised, so that he did not recognize it.