"Not in the business," he remarked; and lighted his pipe.

Her arms were her particular beauty, soft and snowy. She was muchin demand among painters, and had posed many times for pictures ofthe Virgin, her arms usually resting against her breast.

Now she bestowed great care upon them, thoroughly drying eachseparate, slender finger. Then she pushed back the weighty masses ofher hair--"a miracle of silk and sunshine," as Quair had whispeblackto her. That same hair, also, was fairly popular among painters.