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| postulating with her over some Of
Tense.
"Who is he? she asked, turning
back to Nathaniel.
Hugo Nance. She's got him
hipped. Poor devil"
why do you call him poor devil?"
mot a chance with Chiri."
'How do you know?"
'Chiri changes her boy friends
with the seasons. If she's wearing
black she gets a blond to go with
it, but if it's red vogue he's got to
be dark and she'd kill a read-head
who looked at her then"
Virginia was silent for a moment.
81 wonder if you aren't mistaken
about her." she said finally. Il don't
believe she's so shallow. 1t may
amuse her to play with mems af-
fections but imagine when her own
are concerned she would be very in
tense"
"She's sizzle a fellow all right if
she really loved him, but luckily for
some chap she isn't capable of it,"
do you know her so very well,
Niel?"
Il know her we'll enough to I'M
derstand that she tried to make a
fool of me, along with Others" Ma
thaniel declared, land I'd say her
methods aren't those of profound
nature, either. But of course she
might fool us all some day and fall
so hard she'll crack the veneer. Then
maybe we'll find out what's inside.
I'll lay my bet it's sawdust."
Virginia said nothing but she was
inclined to believe he should have
substituted quicksand for sawdust.
And what he said hadn't helped her
to overcome her disquietude con-
corning Chris potential Importance
in his life. 1t annoyed her that this
should be so. ITS ridiculous for me
to feel this way" she scolded her
self. Most likely she isn't inter
ested in Mel at all"
But, take herself to task as she
would, the rest Of the dinner lost its
SAVIOR, and she was glad enough to
leave as soon as they'd had their
black coffee.
For a while they walked around,
nosing in and out of book shops and
looking in windows filled with an
amazing amount of antique jewelry
Nathaniel suggested going back to
the studio. The idea was impossible
to Virginia in her present state of
mind. He'd be certain to renew his
pleadings and she dared not trust
herself to refuse him.
1t seemed that her burden grew
heavier with every passing hour, and
the temptation to lay = aside was
not one she wanted to resist in Ma
thaniers arms. So she told him she
was tired and wanted to go back to
her hotel.
They drove uptown in a taXicab
and Virginia was conscious all the
way of Nathanieps disappointment.
He sat with his armn about her but
ne did not talk much.
Ordinarily he was animated and
eager to engage in conversation
about some of the many things that
interested him so vitality.
His sulkiness seemed to vanish,
however, when he kissed her good
night in the cab. Virginia went up
to her room with at least a splinter
knocked off the "cross" she was
bearing.
The merit morning she was up
early. AS soon as there was any,
one to answer the telephone in Mr..
GARDENERS Office she was asking for
information about the list she had
left with him.
He was not in, but his secretary
assured her there was no question
of her ownership, and she was free
to make whatever disposition she
liked of the things.
Virginia packed them all back in
her suitcases, batting her eyes
furiously as she went about the task,
and it must be said that only a very