19/24 She isn't without sense and force, at that." Aileen, as he knew, was most friendly to him. She made a point of playing the piano and singing for him in his home, and she sang only when he was there. There was something about his steady, even gait, his stocky body and handsome head, which attracted her. In spite of her vanity and egotism, she felt a little overawed before him at times--keyed up. |