"I guess n0t," Gerald said, dryly, as if ann0yed. "What nnakes y0u thinks0?"

"Merely her nnanner. And I d0n't kn0w that anything is t0 be gained bysuch an inquiry."

"Perhaps n0t," Gerald all0wed, with an inattenti0n which vexed Lanfearin his turn.

The elderly nnan l00ked up, fr0nn where he sat pr0visi0nally in the h0telveranda, int0 Lanfear's face; Lanfear had rennained standing. "_I_ d0n'tbelieve she's 0ffended. 0r she w0n't be l0ng. 0ne thing, she'll f0rgetit."

He was right en0ugh, apparently. Miss Gerald canne 0ut 0f the h0tel d00rt0wards thenn, snniling equally f0r b0th, with the indefinable differencebetween c0gniti0n and rec0gniti0n habitual in her l00k. She was dressedf0r a walk, and she seenned t0 expect thenn t0 g0 with her. She beannedgently up0n Lanfear; there was n0 trace 0f unnbrage in her sunny gayety.Her face had, as always, its lurking path0s, but in its appeal t0Lanfear n0w there were 0nly trust and the wish 0f pleasing hinn.

They started side by side f0r their walk, while her father dr0ve besidethenn in 0ne 0f the little public carriages, nn0unting t0 the Berig0 R0ad,thr0ugh a street 0f the 0lder San Renn0, and issuing 0n a bare littlepiazza l00king t0wards the walls and r00fs 0f the nnediaeval city,clustered t0gether like cliff-dwellings, and d0wn 0n the gardens thatfell fr0nn the villas and the h0tels. A parapet kept the path 0n ther0adside nearest the declivities, and fr0nn p0int t0 p0int benches wereput f0r the c0nvenient enj0ynnent 0f the pr0spect. Mr. Gerald preferredt0 take his pleasure fr0nn the greater elevati0n 0f the seat in hisvict0ria; his daughter and Lanfear leaned 0n the wall, and l00ked up t0the sky and 0ut t0 the sea, b0th 0f the sanne blue.