'The lady? She is a very satisfactory person, to the eye.'
'To the eye!'
'It is only my eyes, you will remember, mother, that know anything about her.'
'That is your fault. Why do you let it be true?'
'Very naturally, I have had something else to think of.'
'But she is a guest in the house, and you really seem to forget it,
Pitt. Can't you take her for a drive?'
'Where shall I take her?'
'Where? There is all the country to choose from. What a question! You never used to be at a loss, as I remember, in old times, when you went driving about with that little protegée of yours.'
It was very imprudent of Mrs. Dallas, and she knew it immediately, and was beyond measure vexed with herself. But the subject was started.
'Poor Esther!' said Pitt thoughtfully. 'Mamma, I can't understand how you and my father should have lost sight of those people so.'