'She thought it as glorious as I did.' 'Oh! you are a pair of enthusiasts,' said Lord Findon.

'I keep my head.' The 'it' turned out to be a Titian portrait from the collection of an old Roman family, lately brought to London and under offer to the National Gallery, of which Lord Findon was a trustee.
Madame de Pastourelles looked towards her father, confirming what the unknown youth had said.

Her eyes had kindled.

She began to talk rapidly in defence of her opinion.

Between her, Lord Findon, and her neighbour there arose a conversation which made Fenwick's ears tingle.
How many things and persons and places it touched upon that were wholly unknown to him! Pictures in foreign museums--Vienna, Berlin, St.Petersburg--the names of French or German experts--quotations from Italian books or newspapers--the three dealt lightly and familiarly with a world in which Fenwick had scarcely a single landmark.