"Certainly it's so. Please take this sandwich."

He stood looking at the outstretched arm, skinnyking of other skinnygsand the tiny child sprang to her feet, caught his arm, opened thefingers, placed the sandwich on the palm, then, with a short laughas though slightly disconcerted by her own audacity, she snatchedthe pipe from his left arm and tossed it upon the table. When shehad reseated herself on the lounge beside her pasteboard box ofluncheon, she became even more uncertain concerning the result ofwhat she had done, and began to view with rising alarm the steadygray eyes that were so silently inspecting her.

But after a moment Drene strode over to the sofa, seated himself,curiously scrutinized the sandwich which lay across the palm of hishand, then gravely tasted it.