108 THE SILVER FOX 



I ask ? " Lady Susan was too careless and 

 too little disposed for the toils of finesse to 

 foster a flirtation for its own sake ; when 

 she did find a sufficing motive, these same 

 qualities created a- startling directness of 

 method. 



" Since when ? *' repeated Glasgow. " Oh, 

 since I took to church-going, I suppose. 

 Perhaps Miss Morris could tell you ! " 



Slaney had become accustomed to these 

 morsels flung to the memory of a past, but 

 they never failed to remind her of the 

 moment when she had placed herself for 

 ever at a disadvantage. 



"I'm not a very good authority," she 

 said, with a smile as cold as the January 

 wind ; " Uncle Charles has a better memory 

 for things connected with church-going." 



The intention to be unresponsive often 

 makes itself felt more disagreeably than a 

 repartee. It annoyed Glasgow, even while 

 he set it down as an indirect tribute to his 

 desertion. . 



"I refuse to be described as a thing 



