"I think, with Mr. Harcourt, that the ride will be the best part
of it."

"O, for shame! Can it be true that two of even your trade can never
agree?"

"Long ages of controversy prove that," said Harcourt.

"I think your profession has done more to keep the world in hot
water than ours, Mr. Harcourt."

"We at least agree among ourselves."

"All the worse, perhaps, for the world."

"That's rather severe if you refer to the proverb, 'When rogues
fall out, honest men get their dues,'" said Lottie.

"I supposed we were talking in jest; I was."

"You evidently belong to the church militant, since you strike
back so hard even in jest," said Harcourt. "Very well, since you
are so able to take care of yourself I shall have no compunctions
in regard to your fate."

Hemstead did not understand this remark, but the others did,
and significant glances were exchanged. He turned inquiringly to
Lottie, feeling that in a certain sense he had an ally in her, but
she seemed looking away abstractedly as if she had not heeded the