Then Kerry saw a face in the crowd that attracted him and, rushing off, reappeared in a moment with one of the homeliest girls Amory had ever set eyes on.

Her pale mouth extended from ear to ear, her teeth projected in a solid wedge, and she had little, squinty eyes that peeped ingratiatingly over the side sweep of her nose.

Kerry presented them formally.
"Name of Kaluka, Hawaiian queen! Let me present Messrs.

Connage, Sloane, Humbird, Ferrenby, and Blaine." The girl bobbed courtesies all around.

Poor creature; Amory supposed she had never before been noticed in her life--possibly she was half-witted.
While she accompanied them (Kerry had invited her to supper) she said nothing which could discountenance such a belief.
"She prefers her native dishes," said Alec gravely to the waiter, "but any coarse food will do." All through supper he addressed her in the most respectful language, while Kerry made idiotic love to her on the other side, and she giggled and grinned.