40/41 That's settled, is it? She had not thought that gloomy, black browed countenance could look so genial. There was something curiously elusive, almost haunting, about his smile. "I'm not sure that he's a very nice man, but there's something about him--something I can't quite place--that makes me wonder if I've met him somewhere before. Would you like to go and live at the Court, Columbus ?" Columbus leaned against her knee in sentimental silence. |