" You agree, principally, to keep me quiet, I be-
lieve," Flora replied, with the ruminative twist of
her mouth, as she turned her clear-seeing eyes upon
him. They were, at the time, in his gorgeous little
drawing-room, where he had persuaded her for the
first time to be his guest at tea. " And I'm afraid
you don't look very hard, do you? You haven't
even asked me if I can suggest anything fpr you to
do; because you probably know I could, you lazy
person."

It was true. Henry had an unacknowledged
dread of some extremely inacceptable job being
thrust upon him, if he left the choice to Flora, who
seemed to have little sympathy with the niceness
acquired from his upbringing. He was very com-
fortable as he was ; and lacked the necessary energy
to turn theory, of his own initiative, into action.
" But do you know of any positions ? " he be-
gan.
"Oh, heaps. You see the question of means
doesn't arise; and there's always plenty of useful
unpaid work going begging."

" But suitable to me ? " he urged, nervously.
