Looking in the mirror with satisfaction, she murmured: "There'll be the added zest of making Midshipman Darrin forget the distant face of that home girl." Not on that visit did Maid Marian succeed in leading Dave beyond the point of simple but sincere friendship.

However, Miss Stevens could be charming to whomsoever she wished, and before she left Annapolis she had secured invitations to visit the wife of more than one of the officers..