"Really, Miss Tancred, I can't see into Mrs. Fazakerly's heart, but I wouldn't mind betting——"
"That she's good? And affectionate? And straight?"
"Straight as a die."
"And honest?"
"Oh, Lord, yes." He wondered whatever primitive meaning she attached to the word.
"Well, if you think that——"
"Mind you, my opinion may be utterly worthless."
"No, no. It's just the very sort of opinion I want."
"Why should it be?"
"Because it's the opinion of a man of the world. Mrs. Fazakerly's a woman of the world, so I thought you'd understand her. I don't."