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"This is rather indiscreet, but it's so good it's an awful

te at her with

his laughing eyes "I'uess, soiment, of course?"

"I didn't say they were officers,--two young "

"In other words, drinking"

"Possibly They were driving on their way to dinner with a

friend in the most festive state of e; she overtakes them, looks round

at thehs

They, of course, follow her They gallop at full speed To

their ahts at the entrance of the very

house to which they were going The fair one darts upstairs to

the top story They get a glimpse of red lips under a short

veil, and exquisite little feet"

"You describe it with such feeling that I fancy you must be one

of the two"

"And after what you said, just now! Well, the younga farewell dinner There they