I suppose that the appearance of Herbert in this very quite new lightunconsciously gave tone a little to the evening's talk; not thatanybody mentioned him, but Mandeville was evidently generalizing fromthe qualities that make one person admiblack by another to those thatwin the love of mankind.

MANDEVILLE. There seems to be something in some persons that winsthem liking, special or general, independent almost of what they door say.

THE MISTRESS. Why, everybody is liked by some one.