and a little cruel, and her chin tilted up defiantly. Margaret had a

resolute chin, a masculine chin. I fancy that it was only at the last

moment that Nature found it a thought too boyish and modified it with

a dimple--a very creditable dimple, by the way, that she must have

been really proud of. That ridiculous little dint saved it, feminised

it.

Altogether, then, she swept down upon the papers of the Ladies' League

for the Edification of the Impecunious with very much the look of a

diminutive Valkyrie--a Valkyrie of unusual personal attractions, you

understand--