'And Colonel Yeo?'
'Oh! I assure you he does not soil his fingers with honest trade or business.'
'You do not want to know him?'
'I have not the smallest ambition.'
After a pause, during which neither spoke, Philip resumed. 'There are subjects that are distasteful to me; this is one.'
'I see,' said Miss Durham, 'you are a Radical.'
'We will let the subject drop,' said Philip. 'This air is delightful to me after the smoke of a Yorkshire manufacturing district.'
'It is really surprising how fresh, notwithstanding, your wife is,' answered the Chicago lady.
Philip turned sharply round and looked at her. 'Fresh!' he repeated. He did not understand what her meaning was—fresh in complexion, or that her character was green and raw.
'Her freshness is quite delightful,' added the lady.