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Marion herself -room

door

"There are people in every room ant to be left alone," she

volunteered "I kept the library as long as I could We can sit on the

stairs, if you like"

Which they proceeded to do, quite amiably Froent with tobacco shballs

"Tommy!" Marion called, when she had settled herself

"Yes," froaret on the piano?"

"No, Toots dear But I can, easily"

"Mother," Marion explained, "is getting awfully touchy about the piano

Well, do you reht?"

"Not exactly But I ly He was only a year froe, and

he had been rather arbitrarily li rather flattering in the attention he was receiving

froirl who had been out five years, and as easily the ave hiht before he had been rankling under a sense of youth

"Was I pretty awful last night?" he asked

"You were very interesting And--I iine--rather indiscreet"

"Fine! What did I say?"