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"Yes, Lily," she said. "Of course Mickey took you to see her! Is she
really a lovable child, and attractive? Could you get any idea of what is
her trouble?"
Douglas carefully reeled while looking at Leslie with a speculative smile.
"You refuse to consider an attractive young lady of greater beauty than I
have previously seen?" he queried.
"Absolutely! Don't waste time on it," she said.
"You'll have to begin again and ask me one at a time," he laughed. "What
was your first?"
"Is she really a lovable child?" repeated Leslie.
"She most certainly is," said Douglas. "I could love her dearly. It's
plain that Mickey adores her. Why when a boy gives up trips to the
country, the chance to pick up good money, in order to stand over, wash,
and cook for a little sick girl, what is the answer?"
"The one you have given--that he adores her," conceded Leslie. "The next
was, 'Is she attractive?'"
"Wonderfully!" cried Douglas. "And what she would be in health with flesh
to cover her bones and colour on her lips and cheeks is now only dimly
foreshadowed.


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