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bought some medicine to be sent back
here at once. guess he pined for that
medicine. Has he come. out here9 No,
/ dom It see him. guess he's taking
it now. Lily, I think your husband is
the loveliest man!'' ~ T.
Lily got up; the whole situation was
beginning to get on her nerves most
terribly. Theodosia, with her fright
fully middle-class manner, was on her
nerves; it was on her nerves, too, that
Lady Swindon should think that Theo-
dosia was typical American whereas
which Europe (only she would have
called it Eu-rope) is most familiar. And
Lady Swindon, for all her darling
Lily,' was one Of those true friends
who like knowing your weak points.
Tkecdesia, as. she was aware, as she
got up to talk to others of her guests,
was weak point; mention Of Thurso.s
touched them all with the unerring in
stinct of the true bungler. And with
the courage that wants not to know
the worst, which is much superior to =
that cowardice that thinks it is brave
when it asks to know the worst, she
Lady Swindon justified her position
as a true friend. The fads which she
had been SO eager to hear about were
quite dismissed. She proceeded in the
spirit of true inquiry, which wants to
know.
"What a nice afternoon you must
have had!' she said. "To see Wind
sor for the first time is delightful, is
it not? And to have Lord Thurso as
"a companion is delightful at any time.
But he is not i'll, is he?''
"He seemed hungry for that chem
ist,' said Theodosia, s'and he seemed
just starving ito get back here. I'm
told you have a speed limit for motors
over here, but if we didn't exceed
it I 8 don't see the use of your having
Now Lady swindon was not mali
cious; she was also great admirer Of
lily's. But she could not resist her
hideous instinct to know, to be abreast
of things, which in London insures a
greater success than other and more
agreeable qualities give. 49,
NDear Thurso,' she said che has
such dreadful headaches. No wonder
n he wanted y; his medicine if he had
HSilas used to have dreadful head
aches,' said Theodosia. They arose
from dyspepsia, to which he is mar
tyr. But opium always unmartyred
him.
'tAh, opium!' said Lady Swindon.
eyes. Why, there's Count Villars.
Count Villars, I haven It set eyes on you
since lunch. May 1 introduce you: to
Lady Swindong' ..- 49,
Villars bowed.
ct think we we're introduced some
years ago. he said. "How are you,
Lady Swindon? You have come down
from Cookham?' ."- E-"
Lady Swindon got up, turning her
back on Theodosia - ', W.
eyes, and I am just going lack
there. How clever Of you to remember
where we live! Take me to my boat,
den frst''
They strolled few yards down the
path between the two tall herbaceous
borders before she spoke. -.
"And you are staying heree' she
asked. elbow do you find Lilys am
sure you walked together last night
after at 4o dinner dir and joined old memories
Bqt she bad bad met eth her !; match this time;
found that the two needed no link. We
had always been excellent friends, and
found that we remained so. As always,
I adore her; as always, she receives my
alteration from her infinite height. The
madonna still smiles on her worshiper.
He asks no more.'' - .-.sl -.--.. s-1
For the moment she was startled from
nef role 0IFSdTneSC inquirer. E...-
'Indeed,tI thought you had once
asked more,'' she said. "We all sup
posed SOP -
"There is no limit to what people
of brilliant and vivid imagination may
not suppose said he.
She could not help smiling; his re-
fusals to give direct answers were al
ways so very silken. -...s..
"And the truth always exceeds one 8
imagination, does it notq'' she said
Then she sank her voice,
"And Thurso,' she went on. elbow
do you think he iss''
villars looked at her in bland sur
prise.
every well, surely, is he not7'' he
said.
Lady, Swindon was afraid there was
no more to be got there. She made the
best of it, however.
cob, I am SO glad, so very glad,''
. she said.
He handed her into her launch.
HDO come to MS one Sundav'' she