32/57 It's purely a matter of personal taste, dear. She's had the sense and the courage to keep out of the various unsafe planets where electric light furnishes the principal illumination." "But has she had a chance for choosing a better planet than the one you say she prefers? Was hers ?" "Look here, Lily! Why on earth are you so significant about a girl you never saw--scarcely ever heard of--" "Dear, I have not told you everything. I _have_ heard of her--of her charm, her beauty, her apparent innocence--yes, her audacity, her popularity with men.... Such things are not unobserved and unreported between your new planet and mine. |