thought to himself. "What on earth am I

to do with all these biscuits?"

Without looking, he could tell that Olga had risen from her seat and moved to another corner. This helped to relieve his breast of a certain amount of weight. None the less she continued to contemplate him, in order to see what he would do with the confectionery.

" Probably I had best eat them as quickly as possible," he thought ; with which he fell to hurriedly selecting one after another. Luckily all were of the sort which melts in the mouth. When only two of them' remained he heaved a sigh of relief, and decided to glance towards the corner where he knew Olga to be seated. Horrors 1 She was standing by a bust, with one hand resting on its pedestal, and her eyes closely observing him! Nay, she had even come out of her corner to get a closer view of him i Without doubt she must have noted his awkwardness with the biscuits !

True, at supper she sat at the other end of the table, and ate and talked as though she were in no way concerned with him ; yet never once did he throw a timid glance in her direction (in the hope that she was not

looking his way) but straightway he en-