" "Yes," said Leslie then, with an effort that hoarsened her very voice, "frightful."

He mastered the emotion which had hoarsened his voice, and went on in an even tone: "What I have to ask is that you will do your sharewear some beautiful clothes, and smile, and look as if you cared; and if I feel that it will be necessary to take your hand or even kiss you, do not frown at me, or think I am doing it from choiceI ask you, because I believe you are as proud as I am,I ask you, please, to play the game.