"I'm thankful you don't know what some women who have to earn their living doing what used to be men's work in the cities have to put up with." "Still," said Alice Deringham, "I can guess.

Miss Townshead was working at something uncongenial for a livelihood, and was not especially cordial to you ?" Alton looked at her gravely.

"No," he said.

"She hadn't even found that something yet, and she was very kind.

That's what made me feel it worse." "Of course she would not have shown you what she thought," said the girl a trifle dryly.