^(i HARK FORRARD! 



that she did care. As the evening wore on he 

 found the situation becoming more and more 

 unbearable, and telling Alfred Acton on the 

 quiet that he should stroll back to the hotel, he 

 betook himself thither. 



Acton danced with Lina Lancelot on two 

 occasions, and each time thought her more 

 delightful than the last. He had, however, 

 schooled himself to accept the position which 

 she assigned him ; and though it was very hard, 

 he felt that he would rather have just a little 

 crumb than no bread at all. And what of 

 Lina Lancelot ? As dance succeeded dance 

 and he never came to ask for even one, she, 

 poor girl, was indeed to be pitied ; her pride, 

 however, came to the rescue, and she danced 

 and laughed with greater apparent zest than 

 any of her partners had ever before seen. It 

 was quite as well for Reginald Miller that he 

 did go home when he did, as, had he stayed any 

 longer and asked for a dance then, he would 

 have received what the ladies will all say was 

 his deserts, namely, a real good snub. 



