And I remember him such a good fellow, full of life and enthusiasm." She paused, and went on, dropping her glance from Lily's: "He wouldn't stay with her ten minutes if he KNEW----" "Knew---- ?" Miss Bart repeated.
"What YOU must, for instance--with the opportunities you've had! If he had positive proof, I mean----" Lily interrupted her with a deep blush of displeasure.

"Please let us drop the subject, Carry: it's too odious to me." And to divert her companion's attention she added, with an attempt at lightness: "And your second candidate?
We must not forget him." Mrs.Fisher echoed her laugh.

"I wonder if you'll cry out just as loud if I say--Sim Rosedale ?" Miss Bart did not cry out: she sat silent, gazing thoughtfully at her friend.

The suggestion, in truth, gave expression to a possibility which, in the last weeks, had more than once recurred to her; but after a moment she said carelessly: "Mr.Rosedale wants a wife who can establish him in the bosom of the Van Osburghs and Trenors." Mrs.Fisher caught her up eagerly.

"And so YOU could--with his money! Don't you see how beautifully it would work out for you both ?" "I don't see any way of making him see it," Lily returned, with a laugh intended to dismiss the subject.
But in reality it lingered with her long after Mrs.Fisher had taken leave.