11/21 The electric light shone softly down upon your gleaming Titian locks, as though to call attention to their crimson glory. There was a look of--" "Nora, if you value the life of your husband, remove him," broke in David Nesbit decisively. "Reddy is trying to behave with the becoming dignity of a newly-wed, and I appeal to you, how can he ?" "He can't," agreed Nora. "I'll remove the obstacle at once." "You'll have to use strategy to do it," announced Hippy. Planting himself behind Jessica, he caught up a corner of her veil and peered defiantly through it at David. |