‘I should not have expected him to explain very well.’
‘Who is Mr. Sebright?’ asked Sophia. ‘Was that the man we met at the Roman Camp?’
‘Yes,’ said Mollie. ‘He is an archæologist.’
‘Epigraphist,’ corrected George.
Sophia said:
‘I liked him. He was a wild man.’
Guy said:
‘Oh, not at all wild. Quite a model young man—no vices and a credit to his college.’
Sophia said:
‘I didn’t mean wild in that way. More fanatical—or ruthless—I meant—as though he would be burned alive for something quite foolish—or burn other people.’