I am really not bad-looking, you know." He looked at her critically.

She was a little over-slim, perhaps, but she was certainly wonderfully graceful.

Even the poise of her head, the manner in which she leaned back in her chair, had its individuality.

Her features, too, were good, though her mouth had grown a trifle hard.

For the first time the dead pallor of her cheeks was relieved by a touch of color.