"Are you giving Duprez a lecture, Miss Gueldmar?
He needs it,--so do I.Please give me a scolding!" And he folded his hands with an air of demure appeal.
A sunny smile danced in the girl's blue eyes.

"Always you will be foolish!" she said.

"One can never know you because I am sure you never show your real self to anybody.

No,--I will not scold you, but I should like to find you out!" "To find me out!" echoed Lorimer.

"Why, what do you mean ?" She nodded her bright head with much sagacity.
"Ah, I do observe you often! There is something you hide; it is like when my father has tears in his eyes; he pretends to laugh, but the tears are there all the time.