"Not very attractive to you, perhaps," amended Henrietta quickly.
"Shall we say not very obviously attractive," Lucy said, annoyed and beginning to feel better. "You think I have judged her merely on her social graces, but that is not so."
"On what else could you judge her? You know nothing of her work."
"I invigilated at one of her examinations."
Lucy observed with satisfaction that this brought Henrietta up short.
There was silence while one could count five.
"And what quality of a student could you possibly test by invigilating at an examination?"
"Her honesty."
"Lucy!" But the tone was not shocked. It was a warning. It meant, if it meant anything: Do-you-know-what-the-punishment-for-slander-is?
"Yes, I said her honesty."