I 'm sure I have n't been drawn in. I
know what you 're going to say--you 're going to say I have been drawn
out. Well, I have, to-night. We just sit here so quietly--there 's
nothing to do but to talk. We make a little party by ourselves--are you
going to belong to our party? Two of us are missing--Miss Vivian and
Captain Lovelock. Captain Lovelock has gone with her into the rooms to
explain the gambling--Miss Vivian always wants everything explained. I
am sure I understood it the first time I looked at the tables. Have you
ever seen Miss Vivian? She 's very much admired, she 's so very unusual.
Black hair 's so uncommon--I see you have got it too--but I mean for
young ladies. I am sure one sees everything here. There 's a woman
that comes to the tables--a Portuguese countess--who has hair that is
positively blue. I can't say I admire it when it comes to that shade.
Blue 's my favorite color, but I prefer it in the eyes," continued
Longueville's companion, resting upon him her own two brilliant little
specimens of the tint.
He listened with that expression of clear amusement which is not always
an indication of high esteem, but which even pretty chatterers, who are
not the reverse of estimable, often prefer to masculine inattention; and
while he listened Bernard, according to his wont, made his reflections.
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