I would always take the opinion of a dog or a child
about anyone in preference to my own."
"You are not very complimentary, Doctor," Isobel laughed.
"Well, my dear, a young girl who has not mixed much in the world
and had her instincts blunted is in that respect very much like a
child. She may be deceived, and constantly is deceived where her
heart is concerned, and is liable to be taken in by any plausible
scoundrel; but where her heart is not concerned her instincts are
true. When I see children and dogs stick to a man I am convinced
that he is all right, though I may not personally have taken to
him. When I see a dog put his tail between his legs and decline to
accept the advances of a man, and when I see children slip away from
him as soon as they can, I distrust him at once, however pleasant
a fellow he may be. As the Rajah, from all I heard, certainly laid
himself out to be agreeable to you last night, and yet in spite of
that you felt as you say you did about him, I am bound to say that
without at once admitting that my impressions about him were wrong,
I consider that there is good ground for thinking the matter over
again."
"What nonsense, Doctor," the Major laughed. "Everyone here has known
the Rajah for years. He is a most popular man, everyone likes him,
among the ladies especially he is a great favorite. It is ridiculous
to suggest that everyone should have been wrong about him, merely
because Isobel takes a prejudice against him, and that as far as
I can see is simply because his admiration for her was somewhat
marked.
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