“They want a sense of honour,” was asserted.
“And a sense of humour,” some one added.
“They want a feeling of public duty.”
“They want a spice of the Devil!” exclaimed Hadria.
There was a laugh.
Hubert thought this was a lack not likely to be felt for very long. It was under rapid process of cultivation.
“Why, it is a commonplace, that if a woman is bad, she is always very bad,” cried Lady Engleton.
“A new and intoxicating experience,” said Professor Fortescue. “I sympathize.”
“New?” his colleague murmured, with a faint chuckle.
“You distress me,” said Henriette.