Then suddenly she changed the conversation.
"Do you like M.de Chauxville ?" she asked.
"No." "Does Paul like him ?" "I don't know." Catrina looked up for a moment only.

Then her eyes returned to the contemplation of the burning pine-logs.
"I wonder why you will not talk of Paul," she said, in a voice requiring no answer.
Maggie moved rather uneasily.

She had her back turned toward Catrina.
"I am afraid I am rather a dull person," she answered.

"I have not much to say about any body." "And nothing about Paul ?" suggested Catrina.
"Nothing.

We were talking of M.de Chauxville." "Yes; I do not understand M.de Chauxville.