"Would you like falsehood better?"
"You need not be false."
"I must be either false or true, must I not? Which would you rather have, Mr. St. Leger?"
"It would be no good, my choosing," said he, with a half laugh; "for you would never give me anything but absolute truth, I know. I believe that is one of your attractions, Dolly. All other girls put on something, and a fellow never can tell what he is served to, the dish is spiced so cleverly. But you are like a piece of game, with no flavour but your own; and that is wild enough, and rare enough too."
"Mr. St. Leger," said Dolly gravely, "you ought to study rhetoric.''
"Have. Why?"
"I am afraid that last speech was rather mixed up."
"Look here,—I wish you'd call me Lawrence. We know each other quite well enough."
"Is that the custom in your country?"
"It is going to be your country, as well. You need not speak in that fashion."