“What! were you there, then?”
“Yes. I had the honor of being present at your first ball, you see.”
“But how curious that you should remember me!”
“Do you really think so? Surely there are some faces which, once seen, one can never forget.”
“I am so glad that you know dear Oxford.”
“I know it too well, perhaps, to share your enthusiasm.”
“How do you mean?”
“I spent nearly three years there.”
“What, were you at Oxford last year?”
“Yes. I left before Commemoration; but I went up for the gaieties, and I am glad of it, as I shall have one pleasant memory of the place now.”