CHAPTER XIII

A sweet shyness came down upon Marion as they went on their way to the Academy of Music. Her companion seemed to see and understand, and he did most of the talking himself, making her forget the strangeness of it all. But when they entered the Academy by the great front door where only the select who frequented the boxes might enter she was filled with awe. They mounted only one low flight of broad marble stairs, and entered the enchanted precincts of the first balcony; and he led her to one of the luxurious boxes …