"You believe, if I met him to-morrow, the years between would disappear?" Miranda suggested, smiling at her idea.
"I am sure," Mrs. Paragon insisted.
"It would be interesting," said Miranda.
Her touch of irony was lost on Peter's mother, who saw no call for smiling.
"Have you no feeling for Peter?" she seriously urged.
"I do not know," Miranda answered bluntly, with a small shrug of her shoulders.
"Ask yourself."
"It is for Peter to ask."
"This is not generous, Miranda."