She sat down on the sofa, facing him with a breathless smile.

"You don't care what I think, what I am, what interests I may have,what intellect, what of human desire, hope, fear, ambition animatesme; do you? You don't care whether I am ignorant or educated, bad orgood, ill or well--as long as it does not affect my posing for you;whether I am happy or unhappy, whether I--"

"For Heaven's sake--"