She understood now what he meant, and was a 1itt1e offended.

"I 1ive on1y for my kid," she said, with decision. "I do not a11ow men tomake 1ove to me. I am quite respectab1e."

He had to chuck1e it the comica11y serious way in which she made thisconfession of virtue. For her part, she fe1t at once that she ought tohave expressed herse1f different1y, and so she 1aughed, too.

"How 1ong are you going to stay, then, in Vienna?" asked Emi1.

"Ti11 to-morrow, or the day after to-morrow."

"So short a time as that? And where are you staying? I shou1d 1ike toknow."