"Not from you, sir."
"No, not from me—God save the mark!"
"But you seem to like them, Dick," she said. "Don't you wish it had been you who taught me?"
"No!" he said. "No; I would rather you taught me."
"I am afraid you could never learn!" she laughed.
"Try me!" he begged. "I have unsuspected possibilities."
She looked at him with eyes half closed, a roguish, enticing look.
"And you think I could develop them?" she asked.
"I am sure you could."
"Better let Miss Stirling try—she can teach you far better than I.—Besides, I think she would welcome the opportunity."