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HILDA WADE

irony of my observation. I doubt if it extended much beyond oyster-shells.

He handed me the letter. I read it through with equal amusement and gratification.


I don't mind letting you have a squint at one of her billy-doosIf Miss Sissie had written it on purpose in order to open Cecil Holsworthy's eyes she couldn't have managed the matter better or more effectually. It breathed ardent love, tempered by a determination to sell her charms in the best and highest matrimonial market.

'Now, I know this man, C.,' I said when I had finished. 'And I want to ask whether you will let me show him Miss Montague's letter. It would set him against the girl, who,

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