"But why did he say it?
Do you think there's anything beastly in being a model ?" "Certainly not." She added in modification: "That is if you like it." "Well, supposing I don't like it ?" She did not reply for a minute or two.

Then: "If you really don't like it, I should be rather glad." "Why ?" asked Paul.
She raised a piteous face.
"Yes, tell me," he insisted.

"Tell me why you agree with that cad Higgins ?" "I don't agree with him." "You must." They fenced for a while.

At last he pinned her down.
"Well, if you want to know," she declared, with a flushed cheek, "I don't think it's a man's job." He bit his lip.

He had asked for the truth and he had got it.