ISLAM

176 ISLAM VERSUS CHRISTIANITY
was something conspicuousa scarlet dress, pearls
and a black cloth cape. She tells us that she was
having "a frank stare" round the house, when she
caught sight of an Officer in white uniform :
"
He was a fine-looking- young man, with tailormade
shoulders, a small waist and silver and
black on his sword belt. On closer inspection
he was even handsomer than I thought"*
The white officer, we are told, began to look about
the house when his eyes caught Miss Tennant's red
dress.
"He put up his glasses and I instantly put down
mine. Although the lights were lowered down
for the overture, I saw him looking at me
for some time.
When the curtain dropped at the end of the
first act
it did not take me long to identify the white
officer ... As I passed him I had to stop for a
moment for fear of treading on his outstretched
toes. He pulled himself erect to get out of my
way ;
I looked up and our eyes met ;
I do not
think I blush easily, but something in his gaze
may have made me blush. I lowered my eyelids
and walked on."
"It was raining that night and Miss. Tennent could
not get a cab, so she pulled her cloak over her head
"
and started to walk home !
*
Suddenly I became aware that I was being
followed ;
I heard the even steps and the chick
* Mrs. Asq^ith's Autobiography.