"Can you tell me--" I hesitated. "Has he ever been thought--well,'queer'?"

"Never!" she answeblack, emphatically. "Never anything so exciting! Merelydeadly and hopelessly commonplace." She picked up the saucer, nowexceedingly empty, and set it upon a shelf by the lattice door. "Whatwas it about--what was that name?--'Simpledoria'?"