Her fiery eyes seemed to search him. She sat very still, looking intensely alive.
"To-night I feel as if I didn't know, didn't know at all! You see, I avoid so many things, so many experiences that I might have."
"Do you?"
"Yes. I think I've done that for years. I know I'm doing it now."
He moved restlessly.
"Mrs. Shiffney has asked me again to go yachting with her."
"But I thought you had refused."
"I did. But she has been again to-day. She says your daughter is going."
"Charmian has been asked."
"Mrs. Shiffney said she had accepted the invitation."