"But those young men," she said, returning to the charge, "you hold yourself very much aloof from them?"
He did not answer, even by a look, but to his mother the perfectly quiet composure of his face was sufficiently expressive.
"I know what you think; but, Guy, you always had the same opinion of them?"
"I have never shown any other."
"Guy," she said, speaking low and rather anxiously, "have you got into trouble with those young men?"
"I am in no trouble, mother," he answered, somewhat haughtily;
"I cannot speak for them."
Mrs. Carleton waited a moment.
"You have done something to displease them, have you not?"
"They have displeased me, which is somewhat more to the purpose."
"But their folly is nothing to you?"