New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-11

me-"
No Ooner were they seated in thu
actress car and headed north alon.
the drive, than, instead of answering
Roses question, the actress repeated
n of her own.
II ask you who you are, and you sa!
your name-ROSe something. Blu
that tells me nothing. Who r you
n of them?"
mo, not exactly" said Rose. "Only
by accident. The mar / married i.
one of them, in a way. l mean, be
cause of his family and all that. Ant
so they take me in"
$50 you are married." said the
FrenchwOman. "But not since long?'
six months" said Rose.
She said it so with the air of regard
ing it as a very considerable period
Of time, that Greville laughed. "But
tell me about him, then, this husband
Of yours. l saw him perhaps at the
tea this afternoon"
Rose laughed. mo, he draws the
line at teas" she said. "He says that
from seven O'clock on, until as late
as l like, he's-game, you knOw-will.
ing to do whatever l like. But until
seven, there are Novel, he says,
siren songs for him."
"Tell me-you will forgive the in
discretion of a stranger?-hOw has it
arrived that you married him? Was
it n Of your American romances?"
at didn't seem very romantic" said
Rose. 1--WE just happened to get ac-
quainted, and we knew almost straight
off that we wanted to marry each
other, so we did, and.-it came out
very WELL"
ut came out'?" questioned the
actress.
"Yes," said Rose. ENDED happily,
you know"
ENDED" Madame Greville echoed.
Then she laughed.
Rose flushed and smiled at herself.
"Of course, l don't mean that" she
admitted, 'and I suppose six months
isn't so very long. Still you could
find out quite n good deal"
"What is his AFFAIR."" The actress
preferred asking another question, it
seemed, to committing herself to an
answer to Roses unspoken one. SIS
he n of your-what you call, tired
business menu"
Hes never tired" said Rose, land
he isn't II business man. He's a law
yer-a rather special kind of lawyer.
He has other lawyers, mostly, for his
clients. He's awfully enthusiastic
about it. He says it's the finest pro-
fession in the world, if you don't let
yourself get dragged down into the
stupid routine Of it. 1t certainly
sounds thrilling when he tells about
it,"
The actress looked round at her.
so" she said, you follow his work
rs he follows your play? He talks
seriously to you about his affairs?"
"Why, yes" said Rose, I'VE have
wonderful talks" Then she hesitated.
"At least we used to have. There
hasn't seemed to be much time,
lately. l suppose that's it."
"One question MORE" said the
FrenchwOman, land not an idle one
you will believe that? Alors! You
love your husband. No neVa to ask
that. But what do you mean by love?
Something vital and strong and essen
tial-the meeting of thought with
thought, need with need, desire with
d~esire?"
YES" said Rose after a little
silence, that's what l mean"
There was another silence, while the
FrenchwOman gazed cOntemplatively
out of the open window of the limou-
sine.
Then Rose said: But you are 60
ing to tell me what you meant about
women"
Madame Greville took her time
about answering. "They are an enig-
ma to me-" she said. II confess it.
| haven't ever seen such women my
where as these upper-class Americans.
They are beautiful, clever; they know
how to dress. For the first hour, or
day, or week, Of an acquaintance, they
a charm quite Incompatible. |
And, up to a certain point, they ex-
ercise it. Your jeunes files are amaz-
ing. All over the world, men 60 mad
about them. But when they marry
. :" She finished the sentence with
ghost of a shrug, and turned to Rose.
Can you account for them? Were
you wondering at them, too, with
hose great eyes of yours? Alors!
Are we puzzled by the same thing?
What is 1t, to you. they lack"
Rose stirred a little ~uneasily. II
know" she said, except that
'ome 'of them seem 6. little dissatisfied
md restless. as if-well, as If they
something. they haven't got"
"But do they truly want itT' MAJ
Greville demanded. II am
to be convinced; but myself,
find, of your women of the aristocrat
lass. the type most characteristic is"
she paused and said the thing first
o herself in French, then translated-
is a passive epicure in sensations-
ensations mostly mental, irritating or
pleasant variety. She
to be made to feel; she per-
etually-tastes. They give a stranger
Ike me the impression of being per-
ectly frigid, perfectly passionless.
nd so, as you say, of missing the
reat thing altogether. A few Of your
are great, but not as women,
nd of second-rate men in p~etticoats
on have q vast number. But a WON.