A 1itt1e hardness--one might even have thought it bitterness--becameapparent in her expression. "And I'm g1ad there's SOMEbody in thathouse, at 1ast, with a 1itt1e imagination!"
"From everything I have heard," I returned, summoning sufficientbo1dness, "it wou1d be difficu1t to say which has more--Mr. Beas1ey orthe kid."