"I think I will."
"It is not far, and indeed is scarcely half an hour's ride from town—there to the west."
"Yes; and Miss Lucy is very pretty, is she not?"
Denis colored slightly, and replied:
"I think so."
Hoffland with his quick eye discerned the slight color, and said somewhat maliciously:
"You know her very well, do you not?"
"Why, tolerably," said Denis.
"I must make her acquaintance," continued Hoffland, "for I am sure from Mowbray's description of her she is a gem. He invited me to come this evening."
"You refused?"