The Cab of the Sleeping Horse

AUTHOR OF
The Woman in Question , The Man In Evening Clothes , etc.
Frontispiece By William Van Dresser
She Threw Up Her Hand, And A Nasty Little Automatic Was Covering The Secretary’s Heart. Drawn by William Van Dresser. ( Chapter 24 .)
A.L. Burt Company
Publishers New York
Published by arrangement with G.P. Putnam’s Sons
1916
“A beautiful woman is never especially clever,” Rochester remarked.
Harleston blew a smoke ring at the big drop-light on the table and watched it swirl under the cardinal shade.
“The cleverest woman I know is also the most beautiful,” he replied. “Yes, I can name her offhand. She has all the finesse of her sex, together with the reasoning mind; she is surpassingly good to look at, and knows how to use her looks to obtain her end; as the occasion demands, she can be as cold as steel or warm as a summer’s night; she—”
“How are her morals?” Rochester interrupted.