Merton Gill hardly dared look up, but he knew it was halted at no great distance from him.

"Now, here's rather a good little bit," Henshaw was saying.

"You, there, the girl in black, go on--tease him the way you were, and he's to give you that same look.

Got that cigarette going?
All ready.

Lights! Camera!" Merton was achieving his first close-up.