asked Violet by way of beginning a conversation , as she turned her splendid eyes full upon him . Robinson would have lost his head under them , but Spencer kept his heroically . `` No , '' was his calmly brief reply , given without any bluntness , but with no evident intention of saying anything more . In spite of her social experience Violet felt disconcerted . `` If he does n't want to talk to me I wo n't try to make him , '' she thought crossly . No man had ever snubbed her so before . Spencer listened immovably to the music for a time . Then he turned to his companion with a palpable effort to be civilly sociable . `` How do you like the west , Miss Thayer ? '' he said . Violet smiled -- the smile most men found dangerous . `` Very much , so far as I have seen it . There is a flavour about the life here that I like , but I dare say it would soon pall . It must be horribly lonesome here most of the time , especially in winter . '' `` The M.P.s are always growling that it is , '' returned Spencer with a slight smile . `` For my own part I never find it so . '' Violet decided that his smile was very becoming to him and that she liked the way his dark hair grew over his forehead . `` I do n't think I 've seen you at Lone Poplar Villa before ? '' she said . `` No .
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