31/65 Beg your pardon, you know, but--" "I'm not offended," observed Sylvia, with a shrug of her pretty, bare shoulders. "Such a gadabout! Besides, I'm no prude, but he and Leroy Mortimer have no business to talk to unmarried women the way they do. No matter how worldly wise we are, men have no right to suppose we are." "Pooh!" shrugged Sylvia. "I have no patience to study out double-entendre, so it never shocks me. Besides--" She was going to add that she was not at all versed in doubtful worldly wisdom, but decided not to, as it might seem to imply disapproval of Marion's learning. |