8/26 "I think you fell for the fun of it. I think also that you didn't for a second risk breaking your bones. You are too nimble for that." "I ought to be," she retorted daringly, "since I was born in a circus." Surprised into silence, he studied her with a regard in which admiration for her courage was mingled with blank wonder at her recklessness. If she had inherited her father's gift of expression, she appeared to possess also his dauntless humour. For an instant Stephen felt that her gaiety had entered into his spirit; and while his impression of her danced like wine in his head, he answered her in her own tone of mocking defiance. |