December Love

te sitting-room overlooking the Park. For the first time he saw her without a hat. With her beautiful corn-coloured hair uncovered she looked, he thought, more lovely

id, after she had let him hold and pr

ole regiment?

by a basket of roses.

or three of

know

y. Mrs.

now

Archie

r,

seen Lady

say I know her. Still, she shows her teeth

derful teeth,

onis

her own-not

she doesn't

Isn't it wonderful to think that those three w

t let them know that you knew they

rfect teeth, and shook

uch I know. I just let them suppose that I only knew they were old enough to remember La

cepted the i

swallowed it very quietly, as a well-bred

g. As he did so he saw in Mis

itty, and you'r

y knowledge of Lady S

kroyde showed me a photograph of her

efore the

t was tremendously touched up. Still, it gave me a real idea o

ural

oks vain, imperious. Do you know how a woman lo

I think per

e photograph has that on

ther awful

tive. The gap between the woman of the photograph and the woman of 18A Berkeley Square is as the gulf between Dives and Lazarus.

Miss Van Tuyn meant exactl

'old guard' speak kindly of

, that her efforts were chiefly concentrated on translating into appropriate action the third 'let us.' But that no doubt was for the sake of her figure and face. Lady Archie said that the motto of Lad

he deluge

I could almost

ow

after

so she seemed deliberately to make them more

o think of an aft

Wales wears a grey beard and goes abroad in the winter to

ic, and succeeded better

tout cas then," said

er eyes to stray to a neighbouring mi

still plenty of him for me,"

to women," said Craven. "He makes a ver

-because h

say?" asked Craven, re

sk specially

putation, a bad one,

'old guard.' But she said she loved Lady S

lly, I s

ay that. She

n't stupi

revolution had taken place in Lady Sell

t too tumultuous t

o Cities' happening

e attribute such

most a clerical vi

ry unex

led her Adela-that Adela took the loss of

o say she used

y lapses.' But tha

s from

But I'm afraid she meant

aven, thinking of L

you sa

sidered the loss of her jewels such a fitting punishment for her many

ddie-she called her Addie th

d! Don't tell me sh

she

cele

t when they belong to the 'old gua

ingworth must be a very

in a moment. And she has never repented of w

king thoughtful

aid Crav

eing young and beautiful till everyone marvels, and then one day-or nig

woman ever

p the sponge. No more struggles for you! From one day to another you b

he

ty. No man really cares for a woman, as

r," said

a sharp, ques

r before you went t

haps

med to pass over Mi

rench actress who was loved aft

n must have

us are

ou are," she sai

y n

e private reason

e her in his arms, bundle of vanities though he knew her to

nd beautifully shaped and made an almost un

you are think

ossi

that I darken th

ave up and became