"No one has ever been able to explain a Scotsman," said Elton. "We content ourselves with misunderstanding him." "We were talking about love," broke in Lady Tanagra, "and I will not have the conversation diverted." Turning to Patricia she demanded, "Can you imagine Godfrey in love?" "I think so," said Patricia quietly, looking across at Elton. "Only----" "Only what?" cried Lady Tanagra with excited interest. "Oh, please, Patricia, explain Godfrey to me! No one has ever done so." "Don't you think he is a little like the Scotsman we were talking about just now?" said Patricia. "Difficult to explain; but easy to misunderstand." "Oh, Peter, Peter!" wailed Lady Tanagra, looking across at Bowen. "She's caught it." "Caught what?" asked Bowen in surprise. "The vagueness of generalities that is Godfrey," replied Lady Tanagra. "Now, Patricia, you must explain that 'only' at which you broke off. You say you can imagine Godfrey in love, only----" "I think he would place it on the same plane as honour and sportsmanship, probably a little above both." Elton looked up from the bread he was crumbling, and gave Patricia a quick penetrating glance, beneath which her eyes fell. Lady Tanagra looked at Patricia in surprise, but said nothing. "Can you imagine Tan in love, Patricia?" enquired Bowen. "We Bowens are notoriously backward in matters of the heart," he added. "I shall fall in love when the man comes along who--who----" Lady Tanagra paused. "Will compel you," said Patricia, concluding the sentence. Again Elton looked quickly across at her. "What do you mean?" demanded Lady Tanagra. "I think," said Patricia deliberately, "that you are too primitive to fall in love. You would have to be stormed, carried away by force, and wooed afterwards." "It doesn't sound very respectable, does it?" said Lady Tanagra thoughtfully, then turning to Bowen she demanded, "Peter, would you allow me to be carried away by force, stormed, and wooed afterwards?" "I think, Tanagra, you sometimes forget that your atmosphere is too exotic for most men," said Elton. "Godfrey," said Lady Tanagra reproachfully, "I have had quite a lot of proposals, and I won't be denied my successes." "We were talking about love, not offers of marriage," said Elton with a smile. "Cynic," cried Lady Tanagra. "You imply that the men who have proposed to me wanted my money and not myself." "Suppose, Tanagra, there were a right man," said Patricia, "and he was poor and honourable. What then?" "I suppose I should have to ask him to marry me," said Lady Tanagra dubiously. "But, Tan, we've just decided," said Bowen, "that you have to be carried away by force, and cannot love until force has been applied."