5/18 He can talk of nothing else in the world but Y.M.C.A. huts and American investments, and he is very hungry." "The conditions," the Baron observed, "seem favourable for a tete-a-tete." Catherine smiled up into his imperturbable face. The wine had brought a faint colour to her cheeks, and the young man sighed regretfully at the idea of her prospective engagement. He had always been one of Catherine's most pronounced admirers. |