He kissed her—on the mouth....

“And now we are friends!” said Mrs. Perry, “but we must be more intimate friends yet. We must know one another better. Much better. Very much better. Mustn’t we?”

“Yes,” said Gordon.

She put out her hand and touched him on the knee.

He shrank away from her.

She blew a puff of smoke into his face.

“You must tell me all about yourself,” said Mrs. Perry.

And he did—under her clever manipulation.

“And I must tell you all about myself,” said Mrs. Perry.

But she did not—again under her clever manipulation.