Fresh from her simple country life, Phyllis found herself still able with effortless serenity to confound the most hardened boulevarders who paused to ogle her.

Her eyes and lips expressed with ease the most convincing and absolute indifference to their approaches.

A man may sometimes brave anger; he rarely has courage to combat indifference.

So Phyllis held her own and waited.
And at last the handkerchief fell.

Phyllis felt her own heart almost stop beating, as she gazed down the room.