to ask."

Then Kennaston rose and laughed merrily.

"You are quite delicious," he commented. "It will always be a

grief and a puzzle to me that I am not mad for love of you. It is

unreasonable of me," he complained, sadly, and shook his head, "but I

prefer Kathleen. And I am quite certain that somebody will ask where

you are. I shall describe to him the exact spot--"

Mr. Kennaston paused, with a slight air of apology.

"If I were you," he suggested, pleasantly, "I would move a

little--just a little--to the left. That will enable you to obtain to