THE SILVER FOX 



CHAPTER I 



Lady Susan had never been so hungry 

 in her life. So, for the sixth time, she 

 declared between loud and unbridled yawns. 

 She worked her chair across the parquet 

 towards the fire-place, dragging the hearth- 

 rug into folds in her progress, and put her 

 large and well-shod feet on the fender. 



" What a beast of a fire ! When youVe 

 quite done with it, Bunny, I shouldn't mind 

 seeing it just the same. You are a selfish 

 thing ! " 



In obedience to this rebuke Major Bun- 

 bury moved an inch or two to one side. 



** Tm not as selfish as you are," he said, 



