7/24 Lynde came up with a look of keen approval written on his handsome brown face. "Will you let me tell you how nice you look ?" he said, sinking into the chair opposite. Your ear-rings go so well with your hair." Although Aileen feared because of his desperateness, she was caught by his sleek force--that air of iron strength under a parlor mask. His long, brown, artistic hands, hard and muscular, indicated an idle force that might be used in many ways. They harmonized with his teeth and chin. |