She felt that this must be fathomed. "And if he did," she said, "should you object to that?" He kept very dry.
"It isn't a case of objecting to that, or this. The question before me at present is whether I want to form one of a party which doesn't want me, and where I might be in the way."
"From what I know of Mr. Urquhart," she answered, "I don't think he would ever ask a person he didn't want."
"He might, if he couldn't get the person he did want in any other way," said James. "Who else is to come?"
"Vera Nugent and her boy, and perhaps Lord Considine. He is going to ask Laurence and Mabel and all the boys too."
"It will be a kind of school-treat," said James. "I own it doesn't sound very exciting. Where are we to go to?"
"To Norway. He knows of a house on the Hardanger Fiord, a house in a wood. He wants to hire a steamer to take us up from Bergen, and means to bring a motor-boat with him. There will be fishing of sorts if you want it."
"I don't," said James; then held up his chin. "Is my tie straight?"
She looked. "Perfectly. What am I to say to Mr. Urquhart?"
He said, "I'll talk about it; we'll discuss it in all its bearings. I don't think I'm so attracted as you are, but then—"