Isn't it a pity to know too much ?" She turned toward Daphne.

"I'm afraid that's your case too." She smiled, and the smile lit up a face full of delicate lines and wrinkles, which no effort had been made to disguise; a tired face, where the eyes spoke from caverns of shade, yet with the most appealing and persuasive beauty.
"Do you mean about pictures ?" said Daphne, a little coldly.

"I don't know as much as Dr.Lelius." Humour leaped into the eyes fixed upon her; but Mrs.Fairmile only said: "That's not given to the rest of us mortals.

But after all, _having's_ better than knowing.

Don't--_don't_ you possess the Vitali Signorelli ?" Her voice was most musical and flattering.