“Not necessarily.”
“But her arm should be longer than it appears there,” Chick insisted. “I’m well-proportioned, I’ll swear to that, and my hand, when lowered, reaches half-way down my thigh.”
“Which is about right, Chick.”
“Yet you say the woman is not out of proportion——”
“I said not necessarily,” interposed Nick. “If she was as tall as she appears in the picture, however, I’ll admit that her arm would be too short for her body.”
“Oho, I see!” exclaimed Patsy, starting up. “You think, Mr. Carter, that she is not as tall as the picture indicates.”
“That’s exactly it, Patsy,” nodded Nick.
“How do you make it out?” asked Chick.
“Notice this fold of her skirt, where the skirt shows below the edge of her auto coat?”