Chapter 2
Margaret Dauncey shared a flat near the Boulevard du
Montparnasse with Susie Boyd; and it was to meet her that Arthur
had arranged to come to tea that afternoon. The young women waited
for him in the studio. The kettle was boiling on the stove; cups
and petits fours stood in readiness on a model stand.
Susie looked forward to the meeting with interest. She had heard a
good deal of the young man, and knew that the connexion between him
and Margaret was not lacking in romance. For years Susie had led
the monotonous life of a mistress in a school for young ladies, and
had resigned herself to its dreariness for the rest of her life,
when a legacy from a distant relation gave her sufficient income to
live modestly upon her means. When Margaret, who had been her
pupil, cam
