in substance what he said. The nobleman looked at him for a moment with
that hauteur which, we presume, belongs to noblemen, and said quietly,
'I wish to know nothing.' Now, that strikes me as a very dramatic point
in the story."

"But _didn't_ he wish to know anything of the woman whom he was going
to marry?"

"I presume that, naturally, he did."

"And yet he did not take the opportunity of finding out when he had the
chance?"

"No, he did not."

"Well, what do you think of that?"

"What do I think of it? I think it's a very dramatic point in the
story."

"Yes, but what do you think of his wisdom in refusing to find out what
sort of a woman he was going to marry? Was he a fool or was he a very
noble man?"

"Why, I thought I said at the first that he was a nobleman, an
Englishman."

"Miss Katherine, you are dodging the question. I asked your opinion of
that man's wisdom. Was he wise, or was he a fool?"