"Do you think personal comment is ever in good taste ?" she cried fiercely, and in his surprise he almost fell off the bench.

"If there is one thing I cannot bear, it is to be told that I am '_small_' I am not! Every one who isn't a giantess isn't '_small_'.

I _hate_ personalities! I am a great deal over five feet, a great deal more than that.

I----" "Please, _please_," he said, "I didn't----" "Don't say you are sorry," she interrupted, and in spite of his contrition he found her angry voice delicious, it was still so sweet, hot with indignation, but ringing, not harsh.

"Don't say you didn't mean it; because you did! You can't unsay it, you cannot alter it! Ah!" She drew in her breath with a sharp sigh, and covering her face with her hands, sank back upon the bench.