4/23 He was with Stella Ballantyne on the river--in the dusk--in a Canadian canoe." She uttered each fresh detail in a more indignant tone, as though it aggravated the crime. There was, it seemed, a culminating offence. "She was wearing a white lace frock with a big hat." "Well," said Mr.Hazlewood mildly, "I don't think I have anything against big hats." "She was trailing her hand in the water--that he might notice its slenderness of course. |