"Is she such a marvel of beauty and fascination that all men fall before her ?" "That usually is the result," I replied.

"I have never known her to smile upon a man who did not at once respond by falling upon his knees to her." My reply certainly was not comforting.
"Ah, then, I am lost," she responded, with a tremulous sigh.

"Is--is she prone to smile on men and--and--to grow fond of them ?" "I should say, Dorothy, that both the smiling and the fondness have become a habit with her." "Then she will be sure to choose John from among all men.

He is so glorious and perfect and beautiful that she will be eager to--to--O God! I wish he had not gone to fetch her." "You need have no fear," I said reassuringly.

"While Mary Stuart is marvellously beautiful and fascinating, there is at least one woman who excels her.