He could match her arrogance, and he liked and admired her more than any of his new friends.

They quarreled furiously but she had never snubbed him.
He walked over to her, his cool gray eyes lit with the pleasure in seeing her that she had learned to expect.

"Good evening, oh, Queen of the Pacific," he said lightly.

"You are looking quite wonderful as usual.

Are you standing alone almost in the middle of the room to emphasize the--difference ?" "I am in no mood for compliments, satiric or otherwise." She looked him over with cool penetration.