‘I did when he explained them to me.’
Guy said:
‘I should not have expected him to explain very well.’
‘Who is Mr. Sebright?’ asked Sophia. ‘Was that the man we met
at the Roman Camp?’
‘Yes,’ said Mollie. ‘He is an archæologist.’
‘Epigraphist,’ corrected George.
Sophia said:
‘I liked him. He was a wild man.’
Guy said:
‘Oh, not at all wild. Quite a model young man—no vices and a
credit to his college.’
Sophia said:
‘I didn’t mean wild in that way. More fanatical—or ruthless—I
meant—as though he would be burned alive for something quite
foolish—or burn other people.’
Sophia understood him better than the others, I thought, and
I liked Sophia for it.
‘We might see Sebright some time,’ said George. ‘He is here now,
isn’t he, at the Grey College?’