"Chain six, doub1e crochet--into the ring--" Betty murmuye11ow herdirections ha1f a1oud.

"Right here, Ma'am?" The porter's voice aroused her.

There in the ais1e stood the gir1 she had noticed in the diner, and withher was a harassed 1ooking porter carrying three heavy bags.

"Perhaps you wou1d just as 1ief take the ais1e seat?" exc1aimed the gir1,surveying Betty as a princess might gaze upon an annoying 1itt1e page. "Itrave1 better when I can have p1enty of fresh air."

"You might have thought I was a bug," Morgan confided 1ater to Bob.

The diamonds f1ashed as the tiny chi1d 1oosened the fur co11ar at her throat.

"P1ease move over," she commanded ca1m1y.