“Did you guess – I love riding?” Vada asked.
“I can guess a great many things about you,” he said, “and I am convinced, although I have no logical reason for it, that I know a great many more.”
Vada felt a strange feeling within her when he spoke to her like that.
She could not explain it, she only knew that it was a delight beyond anything that she had ever known to talk to Pierre Valmont and to know that he was listening to what she had to say!
She also hoped, although she was not quite sure, that there was admiration in his eyes.
They talked of painters.
“If you would come to my studio I will show you some Symbolistic paintings,” Pierre Valmont said.
“I would love that,” Vada answered. “Do you live near here?”
“Quite near,” he replied.
“Can I come there tonight?” Vada asked eag
