She has tremendous liberty and is very secretive, but still it would come out." "He wouldn't give her any without letting you know.

Nor would she, without doing so," Vanderbank added, "take it." "Ah," Mrs.Brook quietly said, "she hates me enough for anything." "That's only your romantic theory." Once more she appeared not to hear him; she gave the discussion another turn.

"Has he given YOU anything ?" Her visitor smiled.

"Not so much as a cigarette.

I've always my pockets full of them, and HE never: so he only takes mine.