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"Undraped, of course not, but in furs," she replied s, "would you care to see mine?"

"And then--"

"What then?"

"Beautiful, free, serene, and happy hus, such as the Greeks were, are only possible when it is permitted to have slaves ill perform the prosaic tasks of every day for them and above all else labor for them"

"Of course," she replied playfully, "an Olympian divinity, such as I am, requires a whole arhtened at the hardiness hich I uttered this "why"; it did not startle her in the least

She drew back her lips a little so that her shtly, as if she were discussing so matter, "Do you want to be my slave?"

"There is no equality in love," I replied sole or being ruled, it seems much more satisfactory to me to be the slave of a beautiful woman But where shall I find the woman who kno to rule, calain her power by ht not be so difficult"

"You think--"

"I--for instance--" she laughed and leaned far back--"I have a real talent for despotisht you were really seriously afraid of me!"

"Quite seriously"

"And now?"

"Now, I aether every day, I and--Venus; we are together a great deal We breakfast in -room I have an opportunity to unfold all my small, very small talents Of what use would have beenat all the arts, if I were unable in the case of a pretty, little woman-But this woman is by no means little; in fact she i of her to-day, and felt particularly clearly, how inappropriate theis for a cauration of her face has little of the Roman, but much of the Greek

Soain as Astarte It depends upon the expression in her eyes, whether it is vaguely drea, filled with tired desire She, however, insists that it be a portrait-likeness