The Washington times., 1922-10-29
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gested we should telephone back
to the fiat and let the maid 60 and
choose the remainder Of what !
should Immediately need.
Perhaps 1t was just as we'll
It's going to take me a long time
to remember that I'm to spend
now in guineas, not in eleven
threes! "A ....
"We had lunch at a smallish but
awfully smart restaurant. Billy's
a brick, and ! know he chose a
place where there wouldn't be a
lot of people on purpose. And he
picked out a table right in a cor
ner where we could see a good
deal without being seen at all. /
was awfully embarrassed with all
the spoons and forks and things.
Didn't q bit tnow what they were
all for. And Of course made
ever 90 many mistakes. 1t quite
took my appetite away-and it was
q good one, in spite Of the enor-
nous breakfast I'd eaten. Billy
didn't take any notice at first, then
l think he saw l was really miser-
able, and he set to work in the
incest way possible and explained
just what the dishes were, and the
correct way to dispose of them. He
did II so my feelings weren't hurt a
bit--and he made it easier by tell
ing me he'd been just the same at
first-only Of course he's always
been rich and seen things more or
less properly done. But l felt
much better after that, and thor
oughly enjoyed myself. It's won
derful what a. lot of confidence
knowing the right thing to do gives
you. / wasn't a bit nervous after
that, and when l didn't understand
a thing, ! just asked Billy frankly
to put me wise. Of course !
couldn't do II with everyone, but
he seems so thoroughly to under
stand, and is such a dear!
: "We we're a good while over
lunch, and we mouched about for
a bit-it was gorgeous day,
quite warm. And then we went to
most fascinating place for tea.
And now comes the most exciting
part Of the whole thing. Just as
we were going out we walked
straight into that man l told you
about-in the station you know
the man with the wonderful eyes
and whose name is DAN
81 just stood still and gasped.
! couldn't help t. And of course
both men stopped too-and then
they saw each other. ! don't know
a bit what was the matter with
them, but they looked most hope
lessly uncomfortable, sort of un-
certain what to do, and antagonis-
tic, too. There was a strange,
hard, almost fierce look on Dams
face, and Billy was extraordinary
pale. But it was he who spoke
first.
Perhaps he began, in an
awkward sort of way as though he
was half sorry and half uncom-
Portable, and didn't a bit know
really what to say-'you-er-
don't remember me-our meeting.
"And then he stopped, as though
he's said something clumsy, and
got red to his ears. The other
looked at him ft a minute rather
like Mrs. Fanshawe looked at me
last night-half haughtily, almost
contemptuously. The expression
of their eyes is oddly like then
he laughed, such a rough, hard
little laugh.
"I remember your he said, and
poor Billy looked more than ever
uncomfortable. In his embarrass-
ment he turned to me and began
to introduce US! Dams name is
Dan Revell'-he's a cousin of
Mrs. Fanshawe. He looked posi-
lively amazed for a minute, but
he had to bow to me and stop and
speak for a minute. And when
Billy said I was his ward and stay
ing with us he-Mr. Revell looked
perplexed, and wondering, and
then stared at me very hard.
got quite crinson-for a moment
I'd q Mortified idea he remembered
me serving him with the tea that
day, and the twopence he'd given
me! II he had I'd never have got
over It. But Of course he didn't.
l held out my hand to him when
Billy introduced us-he looked
surprised at that, too, and almost
amused--but he gave my fingers
q grip that made me squirm. He
didn't mean It, of course-only
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