Wylie spoke with enthusiasm. His companion shrugged his shoulders suggestively.

“I suppose that depends whether you are in sympathy or not with the very liberal ideas discussed there.�

“Are you not in sympathy?�

“I don’t like some of the people who go there.�

“Did you ever find a society every individual of which you deemed companionable?�

“Possibly not, but I have reference to two or three conspicuous persons who are notorious for their immorality.�

“To whom do you refer? Not Mr. Falkner?�

“Yes, Mr. Falkner for one. He is much married and divorced.�

“I am sure all was legal, so far as I know. He separated from number one, and was again married. When number two ran away and left him, he obtained a second divorce, and—married again.�

Wylie’s companion looked at him with curious eyes.