There was a sharp exclamation of surprise, followed
by a cry that might have meant dismay or wrath or both, as
something metallic tinkled and slid, presently coming to a stop
beside the hat, where it revealed itself as a pair of enormous,
aluminum-mounted brown-green spectacles. After it, on all fours,
scrambled the owner.
Shock number one: It wasn't the man at all! Instead of the black-
haired, flanneled, slender Adonis whom the trouble-maker
confidently assumed to have been under that hat, she beheld a
brownish-clad, stocky figure with a very blond head.
Shock number two: The figure was groping lamentably and blindly in
the undergrowth, and when, for an instant, the face was turned
half toward her, she saw that the eyes were squinted tight-closed,
with a painful extreme of muscular tension about them.
Presently one of the ranging hands encountered the spectacles, and
settled upon them. With careful touches, it felt them all over. A
mild grunt, presumably of satisfaction, made itself heard, and the
figure got to its feet. But before the face turned again, the girl
had stepped back, out of range.
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