stopped, trying frantically to remember the speech I had so carefully prepared--the greeting which was to have explained my conduct and disarmed her resentment at the very outset. But, rack my brain as I would, I could think of nothing but the reproach in her eyes--her disdainful mouth and chin--and that one haunting phrase-- "Yes," I answered, raising my cap. And there I stopped, trying frantically to remember the speech I had so carefully prepared--the greeting which was to have explained my conduct and disarmed her resentment at the very outset. But, rack my brain as I would, I could think of nothing but the reproach in her eyes--her disdainful mouth and chin--and that one haunting phrase-- "'I suppose I am become the object of your bitterest scorn by now?'" I found myself saying. "'I suppose I am become the object of your bitterest scorn by now?'" I found myself saying. "My Aunt informed me of--of everything, and naturally----" "My Aunt informed me of--of everything, and naturally----" "Let me explain," I began. "Let me explain," I began. "Really, it is not at all necessary." "Really, it is not at all necessary." "But, Lisbeth, I must--I insist----" "But, Lisbeth, I must--I insist----" "Reginald," she said, turning toward the Imp, who was still busy with his cap, "it's nearly tea-time, and--why, whatever have you been doing to yourself?" "Reginald," she said, turning toward the Imp, who was still busy with his cap, "it's nearly tea-time, and--why, whatever have you been doing to yourself?" "For the last half-hour," I interposed, "we have been exchanging our opinions on the sex." "For the last half-hour," I interposed, "we have been exchanging our
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