18/21 I can't lose much social status that way. It will serve my turn much better if you go up with the other women and continue to hold your own there. Not that I care a rap," he added, with masculine tactlessness. "I am no longer susceptible to snubs." "Then I shan't go," she said at once, beginning to swing a restless foot. "I wish it." "You want to get rid of me," said Puck, looking over his head with the eyes of a troubled child. |