The charming creature who sat on his assailant's left, however, took a
more serious view of the situation.
"Sidney, you make me tired," she said severely. "If I had thought you
didn't know how to act like a gentleman I wouldn't have come here with
you. Go away somewhere and throw bread at yourself, and ask Mr. Bleke
to come and sit by me. I want to talk to him."
That was Roland's first introduction to Miss Billy Verepoint.
"I've been wanting to have a chat with you all the evening, Mr. Bleke,"
she said, as Roland blushingly sank into the empty chair. "I've heard
such a lot about you."
What Miss Verepoint had heard about Roland was that he had two hundred
thousand pounds and apparently did not know what to do with it.
"In fact, if I hadn't been told that you would be here, I shouldn't
have come to this party. Can't stand these gatherings of nuts in May as
a general rule. They bore me stiff."
Roland hastily revised his first estimate of the theatrical profession.
Shallow, empty-headed creatures some of them might be, no doubt, but
there were exceptions. Here was a girl of real discernment--a
thoughtful student of character--a girl who understood that a man might
sit at a supper-party without uttering a word and might still be a man
of parts.
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