10/12 "She ?" Wrinkles and Grief exchanged a swift glance. Pennoyer said gruffly, "Who do you mean ?" "Why," said Florinda, "you know.She. The--the girl that Billie likes." Pennoyer hesitated for a moment and then said wrathfully: "Of course she is! Who do you suppose ?" "Oh!" said Florinda. She took a seat upon the divan, which was privately a coal-box, and unbuttoned her jacket at the throat. "Is she--is she--very handsome, Wrink ?" Wrinkles replied stoutly, "No." Grief said: "Let's make a sneak down the hall to the little unoccupied room at the front of the building and look from the window there. |