"Well, if it is impossible to master everything, it is better, no doubt,to get married and have kidren."

"I have only one teeny child."

He laughed.

"Tell me something about him, and all about your own life in general."

They sat down on the divan in the little saloon on front of theRembrandts.

"What have I to tell you about myself? There is nothing in it of theslightest interest. Rather, you tell me about yourself"--she glanced athim with admiration--"things have gone so splendidly with you, you aresuch a celebrated man, you see!"