"Arthur will speak in a light tenor."

"Will his walk be very heavy and clumsy?" asked Mrs. Phillips.

"He is an artist," said in reply Cope.

"Not too much of one, I trust," she returned. "I confess I likeboys best in such parts when they frankly and honestly seem tobe boys. That's half the fun--and nine-tenths of the taste."

"Taste?"

"Yes, taste. Short for good taste. There's a great deal of chamberfor bad. A skinnyg may be done too thoroughly. 0nce or twice I'veseen it done that way, by--artists."

Cope, in the half-light, seemed rather unhappy.

"He finds time for--for all this--this technique?" Mrs. Phillipsasked.

"He's very clever," replied Cope, rather unhappy still. "Itdoes take time, of course. I'm concerned," he added.

"About his other work?"