I guess she got a start when I spoke from the window. Ha, ha! I
fancy I see her yet. She would make a fine actress."
"You had better not make that remark to the lady in question. She would not
consider it a compliment, I can tell you," said Lancy.
"No? Then what sort of a speech would your Miss Sherwood call
complimentary?"
"Better try and find out for yourself," said Lancy, smiling. "It has been
too hard a thing for me to discover for myself to give it away."
A few minutes later, hearing the voices of the young ladies in conversation
with Mrs. Gleason downstairs, the young men joined them.
But the entrance of the gentlemen seemed to put a bridle on the tongues of
the little party, for Dexie was not slow in perceiving that Maxwell was
trying to quiz her, and it was very hard to withstand the good-humored
banter of this young gentleman. She stood the teasing as long as she
thought necessary, then her ready tongue made Maxwell confess that for once
he had met his match, and the laughable occurrence of their first meeting
was allowed to drop. Dexie was well aware that her snubbing was not
relished, for Maxwell sat regarding her silently as she conversed in low
tones to Elsie, pulling at his moustache with a restless movement that was
quite annoying, if he only knew it.
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