“A man should always strive to be at his best. He should
never permit a girl to think meanly of him.”
A Remark of Garry Webster.
A Remark of Garry Webster.As the ex-lieutenant of Nunez followed the girl and Forrester from the room, he was both pleased and resentful. The pleasure came from the fact that he had judged correctly as to the charming reality under the icy veneer.
“It’s all assumed,” he told himself. “The rôle of the haughty, suspicious woman is but a rôle. Beneath it is a nature as sweet as one could desire; I had a glimpse of it as she came in; it was only a glimpse but it was enough.”
But why she wore this mask, and apparently for his special benefit, he could not understand. It was this that caused the resentment.
“I haven’t done anything to merit it,” muttered he. “It’
