"Photographs?" he said, after exchanging greetings with his host and hostess, nodding to Rendel and bowing to Rachel.
"Yes," said Lady Gore. "Now you shall give your opinion."
"I shall be delighted," he said. "I have got heaps of opinions."
"Do you photograph?" said Miss Tarlton, with a spark of renewed hope.
"I am sorry to say I don't," answered Wentworth. "I believe it is a charming pursuit."
"It is an inexhaustible pleasure," said Miss Tarlton, with conviction.
"I congratulate you," said Wentworth, "on possessing it."
"Yes," said Miss Tarlton solemnly, "I lead an extremely happy life. I take out my camera every day on my bicycle, and I photograph. When I get home I develop the photographs. I spend hours in my dark room."
"It is indeed a happy temperament," said Wentworth, "that can find pleasure in spending hours in a dark room."