Her thought was, "What a strong-looking man he is! Like a picture I have seen somewhere.

Why doesn't Ferdy like him ?" As she sank into a soft divan, and with a sudden twist her train fell about her feet, making an artistic drapery, Keith experienced a sense of delight.

He did not dream that Mrs.Wentworth knew much better than he precisely the pose to show the curve of her white full throat and round arm.

The demands of notorious beauty were already beginning to tell on her, and even while she spoke gracious words of her husband's friendship for him, she from time to time added a touch here and a soft caress there with her long white, hands to make the arrangement the more complete.

It was almost too perfect to be unconscious.
Suddenly Keith heard Norman's voice outside, apparently on the stair, calling cheerily "Good-by" to some one, and the next second he came hastily into the drawing-room.