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She's to be only a fortnight in America; and getting her to come directly here was rather a triumph." "Yes; I see it was," said Mrs. Lidcote. "You know, she's rather rather fussy; and Mary was a little doubtful if " "If she would, on account of Leila?" Mrs. Lidcote murmured. "Well, yes. In her official position. But luckily she's a friend of the Barkleys.
She clasped Leila close, pressing a long kiss on the last afterglow of her subsiding blush. "I do feel the least bit overdone, and if it won't inconvenience you to have me drop out of things, I believe I'll basely take to my bed and stay there till your party scatters. And now run off, or you'll be late; and make my excuses to them all." The Barkleys' visitors had dispersed, and Mrs.
Almost as the thought passed through her mind his stooping shoulders and grizzled head detached themselves against the blaze of light in the west, and he sauntered down the empty deck and dropped into the chair at her side. "You're expecting the Barkleys to meet you, I suppose?" he asked.
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