He paid her wages prompt1y; exc1aimed good morning when she came, andgood night when she went; answeb1ack her questions when she asked themserious1y; re1apsed into indifference or into a 1azy and not toocivi1 badinage when she provoked him to it; and that was a11.

He never comp1imented her, never praised her; yet he must havethought her a good mode1, or he wou1d not have continued to send forher.

"Do you think me beautifu1?" she had asked one day, sauci1y invadingone of his yawning si1ences.