That is the first secret out of Bluebeard's chamber that I have confided in you.

Keep it close!" Stella sat and gazed; but he would not meet her eyes.

"Tell me," she said at last, "who is the other?
The Colonel ?" He shook his head.

"No, not the Colonel, You mustn't ask questions, Stella, if I ever expand at all.

If you do, I shall shut up like a clam, and you may get pinched in the process." She slipped her hand through his arm.