"I--I shall probably live abroad," said Billy. "Cheaper, you know."

[Illustration: "Miss Hugonin pouted. 'You needn't be such a

grandfather,' she suggested, helpfully">[

And here (he thought) was an excellent, an undreamed-of opportunity to

inform her of his engagement. He had much better tell her now and have

done. Mr. Woods opened his mouth and looked at Margaret, and closed

it. Again she was pouting in a fashion that distracted one's mind.

"That would be most unattractive," said Miss Hugonin, calmly. "You're

very stupid, Billy, to think of living abroad. Billy, I think you're