"A friend of mine snap-shotted you walking up Fifth Avenue.

He said to me: 'Here's Merefleet the gold-king, one of the cutest men in U.S.A.His first name is Bernard.

So we call him the Big Bear for short.' Ever heard your pet name before ?" "Never," said Merefleet stiffly, with a suggestive hand on the evening paper.

He wished she would leave him alone.

With his eyes averted at length, the charm of her presence ceased to attract him.