32/65 So she went on: "Besides, what have innuendoes to do with Mr.Siward ?" "I don't know whether I care to understand them. The Major hinted that the woman--the one who figured in it--is--rather exclusively Mr. "She's a public actress, isn't she ?" "If you call the manoeuvres of a newly fledged chorus girl acting, yes, she is. But I don't believe Mr.Siward figures in that unfashionable role. Why, there are too many women of his own sort ready for mischief." Marion turned to Sylvia, her eyes hard with a cynicism quite lost on the other. |