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.