3/57 He--was not so chivalrous as I thought." A gleam of malice shone for a moment in Mrs.Lockyard's eyes, and just a hint of it was perceptible in her voice as she made response. All men are not made after the pattern of your chosen lord and master. He, I grant you, is hard as granite and about as impassive. Still I mustn't depreciate your prize since it was of your own choosing. Let me wish you instead every happiness." "He was not impassive that night," said Doris quickly, with a sharp inward sense of injustice. |