26 Make-Believe

, wonder how she had managed to forget
the way in which she got there the artist
turned on her the pleasantest face that she
had ever seen.

“Getting tired?” he asked. ‘I sha'n't
keep you more than another ten minutes.”

“Tm not at all tired,’ said Doris. ‘“I
don’t seem to have been here more than a
minute.”

The artist laughed softly, and Doris
liked him better than ever. “Yes,” he
said, “I do paint quickly, don’t 1? But
then you are a capital sitter. Had much
practice?”

“Lots!” said Doris, emphatically. el
am always sitting. |

“You don’t like sitting ?”

“Ves,” she answered, but in a voice that
told him that her answer would have been
“No,” but for her desire to spare the
feelings of a comparative stranger. ‘“ But
I don’t think sixpence an hour is enough.”

‘Perhaps it isn’t very much,” said the
painter, ‘and you such an excellent sitter.”