"I have been more in England than anywhere else."
"Indeed! whereabouts, may I ask?"
"Look! what a splendid effect!" exclaimed Glynn, who was not too pleased at this acquaintance.
"Oh, how lovely!" exclaimed Elsie, her attention quite diverted. A large star of silvery light had suddenly appeared over the waterfall, through the spray of which it shone in varied prismatic colors, and Vincent coming up at the moment to speak to Deering, Glynn managed dexterously to lose himself and his companion in the crowd, and for a delicious half-hour had her all to himself.
"It is nearly over," he said at last. "Let us make our way to the café; we were all to assemble there; you are tired, I am sure, and I am afraid Deering has bored you."
"I never know what being bored means exactly. I did not like speaking to him at first, but he can make himself very pleasant, and he looks well. How did he come to know Mr. Vincent? really Mr. Vincent scarcely seems fit to be his servant."
"That is rather strong," said Glynn, laughing, yet with a sense of annoyance at her words; "but his acquaintance with Vincent does seem inexplicable. I wonder if he would ask him to Denham and introduce him to his wife, Lady Frances?"
"Is Mr. Deering's wife a great lady?"
"Yes, thoroughbred, and I suspect with a thoroughbred's power of endurance."
"Is she not happy, then?"