'Do you mean Mr. Graham?' she said, with a slight blush.
'Yes? I know he visits here.'
'Oh, he is an artist. He has eyes only for the beautiful.'
She spoke quickly, a little embarrassed.
'You wrong him; his interests are wider than that.'
'Do you know, I am so glad you didn't pay me the obvious compliment,' she said, recovering herself. 'It looked as if I were fishing for it. I'm so stupid.'
He looked at her blankly.
'I'm stupid,' he said, 'for I don't know what compliment I missed paying.'
'If you regret it, I shall not think so well of you,' she said. 'You know I've heard all about your brilliant success at Oxford.'
'They put all those petty little things in the Jewish papers, don't they?'