“Oh, is that all?”
“No. I’m glad to see you for other reasons.”
“I’m curious to know them.”
“To be assured, for one thing, that you’ve forgiven me for my boorishness——”
“Oh, that! Yes. Of course.”
“And for another—that your mood will spare me the pains of further making a fool of myself.”
Nina shrugged lightly and laughed at him.
“Of course you know your limitations, Phil. How could I promise you that?”
Gallatin smiled at her. She was very fetching this morning in a wide dark beaver hat with a lilac veil, and her well-cut tailor-made, snugly fitting in the prevailing mode, defined the long lines of her slim figure which seemed in his office chair to be very much at its ease.