she    cares.       But,    for    your    own    sake,    you
mio'ht  show  better  manners."

"  I  think  you  mistake  the  situation,"  said
he,  with  apparent  indifference.  *'  *  Do  as
you're  done  by'  is  a  very  good  motto.  It  is
for  her  to  sav  whether  we  are  to  be  friends,
acquaintances,  or  strangers  :  and  if  she
chooses  to  treat  you  on  the  least  favoured
nation  scale,  I  suppose  you've  got  to  accept
that.  It  is  for  her  to  choose.  It  is  a  free
country."

"  I  think  you  are  behaving  abominably.
I  suppose  you  are  jealous  of  those  young
officers  ;  men  who  are  not  in  the  army  always
are  ;  they  know  women  like  a  man  who  can
ficrht "

"  Fight !  Smoke  cigarettes  and  play  six-
penny Nap,  you  mean  !  That's  about  all  the
fighting  they've  ever  done!"

"Do  you  say  that  about  Jim?"  said  the
young  wife,  with  a  flash  of  indignation  in  her
eyes.     "  Why "

"  I  wasn't  aware  that  Graham  was  a
candidate  for  Miss  Winterbourne's  favours,"
said  he.
