"Did you?" said Ashe. "That was nice of you."
Mary colored a little, and did not reply. Presently Ashe resumed.
"Aren't you as sorry for her as I am?"
"For Lady Kitty? I should think she managed to amuse herself pretty well."
"She seems to me the most deplorable tragic little person," said Ashe, slowly.
Miss Lyster laughed.
"I really don't see it," she said.
"Oh yes, you do," he persisted—"if you think a moment. Be kind to her—won't you?"
She drew herself up with a cold dignity.
"I confess that she has never attracted me in the least."