33/40 She is exactly the type of woman, I should say, to charm that type of man. For myself, I do not appreciate the artistic and literary female.' "'Besides,' he continued, in a deeper tone, 'you know my feelings. I shall never care for any other woman but Elizabeth.' "'And she ?' I said "'She,' he sighed, 'is breaking her heart for Smith.' "'Why don't you tell her you are Smith ?' I asked. Besides, she would not believe me.' "We said good-night at the corner of Bond Street, and I did not see him again till one afternoon late in the following March, when I ran against him in Ludgate Circus. He was wearing his transition blue suit and bowler hat. |