New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-02
CHAPTER xIx-Continued.

stage and Il Sprinkling of society peO-
pie were present, was n complete sue
cess. Louise made Il charming host
eSs, and Sir Edward more than ever
Justified his reputation for saying the
right thing to the right person ut the
right moment. The rooms We're crowd
ed with throngs Of distinguished peo-
pie, who all seemed to have plenty to
say to one another.
The only person, perhaps, who
Ound himself curiously Ill at ease was
John. He heard nothing but French
on all sides of him-a language which
he read with some facility, but which
he spoke like a s%choolboy. He had
been wandering about for more thar
an hour before Louise discovered him.
She at once left her place and crossed
the room to where he was standing by
the wall.
'Cheer upI" she begged, with "A de-
Iightful smile. II am afraid that you
are being bored to death. VIII you
not come and be presented to our
guests?'
"For goodness sake, no." John i'm
plored. al have never seen one of
them act, and my French is appalling.
am all right, dear. It's quite enough
pleasure to see you looking so beauti-
full, and to think that | am going to be
allowed to drive you home aftcrward."
Louise looked into Il n~eigliborins
mirror, and gazed critically at her
,u,, ,,n,nt,J ;,,n Oh, HAD a ..tri.
Gus feeling that ut that precise mo
ment she had reached the zenith of
her power and her charm. Her audi
nee at the thcnter had been wonder
fully sympathetic, had responded with
rare appreciation to every turn of her
voice, to every movement and gesture.
The compliments, too, which she had
been receiving from the crowds who
had bent over her fingers that night
had been no idle words.
She was conscious, acutely ON
Bcious, of the atmosphere she had ere
hted around her. She was gIorying
In the subtle outward signs of II. She
was in love with herself: in love. too,
with this delightful new feeling of
loving. 1t would have given her more
Joy than anything else in the world.
In that moment of her triumph, to
have passed her arm through Johns,
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