"I read all about you," he said, smiling.
"I am glad you did. You will doubtless now be inclined to treat me with the respect due to my years and experience."
"I believe," he said, "that your gown and hat and furs make a charming difference——"
"How perfectly horrid of you! I thought you admired my costume last night!"
"Oh, Lord," he said—"you were sufficiently charming last night. But now, in your fluffy furs, you seem rather taller—less slender perhaps—and tremendously fetching——"
"Say that my clothes improve me, and that in reality I'm a horrid, thin little beast!" she exclaimed, laughing. "I know I am, but I haven't finished growing yet. Really that's the truth, Mr. Quarren. Would you believe that I have grown an inch since last spring?"
"I believe it," he said, "but would you mind stopping now? You are exactly right."
"You know I'm thin and flat as a board!"
"You're perfect!"
"It's too late to say that to me——"