"The bracelet, please!"
He laughed, fastening it on her arm, taking no advantage.
"You see how domesticated I am!"
"You behave very well!"
"Grant me one favor, then!"
"What?"
"To see your room," he said eagerly.
She was about to refuse, when the thought of Snyder and Betty above made her bite her lip with malice, and ask:
"Well, for once! But why?"
"To see what you prefer to all you could have!" he said; but he said it impersonally, bowing his thanks, resolved to school himself to impassibility and patience.