14/22 I am flattered by his preference when I consider his eminence. It is an eminence that I may find it desirable to share. M.le Marquis does not look as if he were a dullard. It should be interesting to be wooed by him. It may be more interesting still to marry him, and I think, when all is considered, that I shall probably--very probably--decide to do so." He looked at her, looked at the sweet, challenging loveliness of that childlike face so tightly framed in the oval of white fur, and all the life seemed to go out of his own countenance. |