AUFRAY, ANNE MARIE CHARLOTTE

" "Oh, that's all fancy as comes with you living quite alone," said Charlotte, sharply.

" "We might venture it," said Charlotte, thoughtfully, "if the danger were only to ourselves.

"But the truth is," said Charlotte, uneasily, "that he was too ill, that day, to be responsible for what he said.

"Ah, then it was not as unique an occurrence as I hoped," said Charlotte, viciously.