The music had stopped. Ruth swung round.

“What are you dreaming about Kirk?”

Kirk came to himself with a start.

“I was thinking of a lot of things. For one, about that picture of mine.”

“What about it?”

“Well, when I was going to finish it.”

“Why don’t you?”

Kirk laughed.

“Where’s my model? You’ve scared her up a tree, and I can’t coax her down.”