19/27 "I think that she is just a little loud, don't you, Louise ?" Louise admitted that the idea had occurred to her. "Such a pity. "A little powder in the house is all very well"-- (Louise had a nose which gave her trouble)--"but I really don't think it looks respectable in the street." "I suppose," Selina remarked, "you men admire all that sort of thing, don't you? "You watch next time you are close to her, Mr.Brooks." "I will," he promised. "I'll get her between me and a window in a strong north light." Selina laughed. |