Are you at all interested in the subject ?" "Yes, decidedly, though I am completely ignorant of it.

The fact is that my interest is of quite recent growth.

It is only of late that I have been sensible of the glamour of things Egyptian." "Since you made Miss Bellingham's acquaintance, perhaps ?" suggested Mr.
Jellicoe, himself as unchanging in aspect as an Egyptian effigy.
I suppose I must have reddened--I certainly resented the remark--for he continued in the same even tone: "I made the suggestion because I know that she takes an intelligent interest in the subject and is, in fact, quite well informed on it." "Yes; she seems to know a great deal about the antiquities of Egypt, and I may as well admit that your surmise was correct.

It was she who showed me her uncle's collection." "So I had supposed," said Mr.Jellicoe.

"And a very instructive collection it is, in a popular sense; very suitable for exhibition in a public museum, though there is nothing in it of unusual interest to the expert.