"No, nothing quite so bad as that; you know what I mean. Now, come along, and not another word on the forbidden subject. Here!" and gave him the rose.
"A thousand thanks!" he said, and kissed her hand.
"Sir Edward Parkington is a very handsome man," she observed, presently; "don't you think so?"
"I am willing to accept your judgment on him."
"But what is your own judgment?"
"I have not any. I do not know Sir Edward Parkington."
"And have not seen him?"
He shook his head.
"Nor ever heard of him," he said.