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get back 10 ny little lady
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chair and lid her hand On Johns a.n-
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vas ns4nz and falling quickly.
Il an o1t Of BREATH she said. her
head thrown back. pes1lous!y near TO
Johns shoulder. -Lofd ArD>rton dances
we'll Give me soDe ehampaxne-
And yo1-yo1 dance divtneiy." b
told hsY. n be fIIed hef giaAsL
IF ~e were aIone,- she whispered,
Il shouId want you to kiss rne-
The stem OF the vine Eiass In Johns
fingers snapped suddenly. and the vine
dorm to the foor. A passing
walter hErried Up With . napkin. and
fresh glass vas brought. The AFFAIR
was scarcely noticet. bat John re-
fnsined dis:urted and little gale
Have you cut Jour handT Sophy
asked snxiousiJ.
Not at ALL" be assured her. How
hot It Is herel Do you mind II ne goT
Cor sbe exclaimed disconsoiateiy
Il thought you were enjoying yourself
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80 am" he ansuefed, but don't
quite underntand@r
He paused
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Myself, II you must know
She vet down the glass which she
had been In the act of raising to her
ibr.
How queer you are," she mur-
Listen You haven't got q
wife or anything up In Cumberland.
have your
You know haven't" he answered.
You're not engaged to be married.
you have no ties, you came up here per-
fectly free. you haven't even said any
thing yet-to LouiseT
'Of course not"
"weIl, then" she began
Her words were 80 softly spoken |
that they seemed to melt away. She |
leaned forward to look In his face.
"sophy." he begged, with sudden and |
almost passionate earnestnexs, -be |
kind to me. pIeasei I am just q sirn- |
pie. stupid countryman, who feels as
II he had lost his way. I have lived a |
sort Of life-an unnatural one. |
you would say-nnd I've been brought |
up with some old-fashioned ideas. II
know they are old-fashioned, but I |
can't throw them overheard all at once.
have kept away from this sort Of |
thing. didn't think II would ever at |
tract me- suppose because I didn't |
believe 1t could be made 10 attractive.
have suddenly found out-that II /
does!"
"What are you going to dor she
'"There is only one thing for me to |
do," he answered. Until I know what |
have come to London to learn, I shall |
light against It."
"You mean about LouiseT'
II mean about LOUISE" he said
grnvely.
Sophy cnme still closer to him.
'Why are you 70 foolishr' she mur-
Louise IL very wonderful, in
her place. but she II not what you want
In life. Has It never occurred to yc.
that you may be too later