7/38 She threw it, _en plein_, on Number Seventeen; and then with a start, realizing what she had done, she turned with burning cheeks. She noted that he had a sallow face, a little brown mustache, and a shock of brown hair, curiously upstanding, like Struwel Peter's. What did you want me to play ?" "I don't know. It doesn't matter, so long as you've put it somewhere." "But I've put it _en plein_ on Seventeen," she urged. |