Each noticed the other's expression.
'What is it ?' asked Lady Maud, with a little smile of friendly concern.

'Is anything wrong ?' 'No--that is--' Margaret smiled too, as she hesitated--'I was going to ask you the same question,' she added quickly.
'It's nothing more than usual,' returned her friend.

'I think it has gone very well, don't you, these three days?
He has made a good impression on everybody--don't you think so ?' 'Oh yes!' Margaret answered readily.

'Excellent! Could not be better! I confess to being surprised, just a little--I mean,' she corrected herself hastily, 'after all the talk there has been, it might not have turned out so easy.' 'Don't you feel a little less prejudiced against him yourself ?' asked Lady Maud.
'Prejudiced!' Margaret repeated the word thoughtfully.

'Yes, I suppose I'm prejudiced against him.