“I never look out for anything, my dear Caroline. I take what comes—if it pleases me.”
“Then I hope Clytie will please you, Thornton. She is quite different from any other girl I know. And it's just her little airs of emancipation that give her charm, I wish there were more like her.”
“So do I, by Jove! There would be some pleasure in looking around a theatre or a ball-room.”
“Yet I should think that was rather a relief after Central Africa.”
Thornton broke into a gay laugh.
“Unsophisticated woman has her good points, you know!”
“Um!” said Farquharson, pulling at his pipe.
They chatted for a little while longer. Then Hammerdyke pulled out his watch.
“I must go and dress for dinner.”
“Oh, by the way, Thornton,” said Caroline, “did you not tell me you had an appointment at six? I hope we haven't kept you from it.”