"He's a gentleman ?" "Yes, he's not a lady." Her interlocutress appeared to muse.

"She's immensely surrounded." "She _will_ be--with Mr.Drake!" Mrs.Jordan's gaze became strangely fixed.

"Is she _very_ good-looking ?" "The handsomest person I know." Mrs.Jordan continued to brood.

"Well, I know some beauties." Then with her odd jerkiness: "Do you think she looks _good_ ?" "Because that's not always the case with the good-looking ?"--the other took it up.

"No, indeed, it isn't: that's one thing Cocker's has taught me.