"I may not massage or have my old cuticle ripped off.

If I choose to look my age you must admit that it gives me one more claim to originality." "You should have let the world know long since just how original you are, instead of settling down into the leadership of San Francisco society--" He enjoyed provoking her.

Her dark narrow eyes opened and flashed as they must have done in their unchastened youth.

"Don't dare call me the leader of this--this!" "Granted.

But the fact remains that your word alone is law.