And she looked at him over the edge of her fan, her eyes laughing.
'How did you sleep, child ?' he asked; while he thought, 'Lord! How handsome she is!' 'Perfectly, sir,' she answered, 'thanks to your excellency's kindness.' Her voice as well as her eyes laughed.

He stared at her, wondering at the change in her.

'You are lively this morning,' he said.
'I cannot say the same of you, Sir George,' she answered.

'When you came out, and before you saw me, your face was as long as a coach-horse's.' Sir George winced.

He knew where his thoughts had been.