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‘I DID like China VERY much,’ said Owen.

‘And I’m sure you made some wonderful collections. Tell me now, what was your particular fancy?’

‘Perhaps, after all,’ said Owen, ‘it was jade.’

‘Ah jade! Yes! Jade! Jade is beautiful! Those wonderful little fairy-lands they carve in jade!’

‘And the stone itself! It was the delicate stone that fascinated me,’ said Owen. ‘The wonderful quality of it!’

‘Ah wonderful, wonderful! Tell me now, dear Mrs Leslie, what you have been doing since I saw you?’

‘We went to a bull-fight, and hated it,’ said Kate. ‘At least I did. We sat in the Sun, near the ring, and it was all horrible.’

‘Horrible, I am sure. I never went to a bull-fight in Mexico. Only in Spain, where there is wonderful colour. Did you ever try a bull-fight, Major?’

‘Yes, I have been several times.’

‘You have! Then you know all about it. And how are you liking Mexico, Mrs Leslie?’

‘Not much,’ said Kate. ‘It strikes me as evil.’

‘It does! It does!’ said Mrs Norris. ‘Ah, if you had known it before! Mexico before the revolution! It was different then. What is the latest news, Major?’