“About five minutes.”
“Oh, yes—yes. Sadly opinionated! Notice it?”
“He has opinions, certainly.”
“H’m! Never get on—people with too many views. He won’t learn—clever enough in himself, but won’t learn from others.”
“I rather thought he had learnt a good deal from others.”
“Oh no—most inaccessible.”
“Does that mean he wouldn’t learn from you?” she inquired, very frankly.
K. G. looked down in mild surprise. Young ladies who are “walking-on” should agree with and not interrogate those lofty beings whose salaries are paid by cheque. But this young lady ignored the principle, and seemed to expect an answer.
“Yes,” he replied, very frankly. “Of course it’s his own affair if he cares to ignore the advice of—well—” Modesty forbade the mention of his own name, and he finished the sentence by a gesture.
“Of course it is,” said Eve.