CHAPTER XXXI
It was little consolation to Geraldine that in both the evening and morning papers the press photographers had done her ample justice. The caption beneath the pictures of herself that conspicuously decorated every account of the case, were flattering but facetious. She did not like to see herself described as "Geraldine Brand, the lovely girl with the lively left." Beneath another she read, "Who wouldn't risk a black eye?" But her sense of humour came to the rescue as she and Billy discussed the events of the afternoon.
Billy was fighting mad when he heard of Nicholas's share in her tribulations, and it was only with difficulty that she made him recognise the utter futility of any attempt at reprisals.
Geraldine's own sentiments towards Mr. Senior were actually less friendl
