Her cheeks seemed to burn, her veins ran riot, and her heart was beating so fast that she was sure he must feel it through his scarlet coat. ” He uttered thoughtfully. ’ ‘Ah, but there’s the little matter of your presence here,’ said Gerald on a note of apology. Be frank, I beg you, Miss Pellissier. The girl wondered what effect the information would have upon Ah Cum if she told him that until a month ago she had never seen a city, she had never seen a telephone, a railway train, an automobile, a lift, a paved street.