“Sometimes you’ll be required to wear few clothes. Sometimes none. Did you know that?”
“Yes. Mr. Westmore asked me once.”
“You didn’t care to?”
“Not for him.”
“You don’t mind doing it for me?”
“I’ll do anything you ask me,” she said, trying to smile and shivering with excitement.
“All right. It’s a bargain. You’re my model, Dulcie. When do you graduate from school?”
“In June.”
“Two months! Well—all right. Until then it will be a half day through the week, and all day Saturdays and Sundays, if I require you. You’ll have a weekly salary——” He smiled and mentioned the figure, and the girl blushed vividly. She had, it appeared, expected nothing.
“Why, Dulcie!” he exclaimed, immensely amused. 99 “You didn’t intend to come here and give me all your time for nothing, did you?”