[CHAPTER XXV.]
MAN OR WOMAN?
Man or woman?
I looked at the individual who was seated opposite to McGinnis, and asked myself this question.
The glance of those eyes had assured me that Daisy was Shadow.
But was Shadow man or woman?
Man I certainly believed him, and yet—well, I was dumfounded if ever man was.
That swelling bust might be a work of art, but it seemed to me that it arose and fell too naturally to be anything but genuine.
True, I had had ample evidence of Shadow's ability in the art of disguise, yet still I could hardly believe this to be all making up.