"Yes what is it you look for in a face?" said Mrs. Evelyn.
"Let us hear whether America has any chance," said Mr. Thorn, who had joined the group, and placed himself precisely so as to hinder Fleda's view.
"My fancy has no stamp of nationality, in this, at least," he said, pleasantly.
"Now, for instance, the Miss Delancys don't you call them handsome, Mr. Carleton?" said Florence.
"Yes," he said, half smiling.
"But not beautiful? Now, what is it they want?"
"I do not wish, if I could, to make the want visible to other eyes than my own."
"Well, Cornelia Schenck how do you like her face?"
"It is very pretty-featured."
"Pretty-featured! Why, she is called beautiful! She has a beautiful smile, Mr. Carleton!"