She is different from the rest." "And she does not let it be seen--that is what I like," said Sir John.
"The great secret of success in the world is to be different from other people and conceal the fact." He stood his full height, and looked round with blinking, cynical eyes.

"They are all very like each other, and they fail to conceal that." "I dislike a person," said Lady Cantourne in her tolerant way, "who looks out of place anywhere.

That girl would never look so." Sir John was still looking round, seeing all that there was to be seen, and much that was not intended for that purpose.
"Some of them," he said, "will look self-conscious in heaven." "I hope so," said Lady Cantourne quietly; "that is the least one may expect." "I trust that there will be no skirt--" Sir John broke off suddenly, with a quick smile.

"I was about to be profane," he said, taking her cup.

"But I know you do not like it." She looked up at him with a wan little smile.