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He, shaving, in the chill damp air by his open dimity-draped window, was saying: "She'll be there, of course. Women are all perfectly insensible to weather." Two mackintoshed figures met in the circle of pines. "You have come," he said. "I never dreamed you would. How cold your hand is!" He held it for a moment warmly clasped.
Ronald Wyde, having set his favorite books handily on the dimity-draped table, which comprised for him the process of getting to rights, and having given more than one glance of amused wonderment at the naïve blue-and-white scriptural tiles that cased his cumbrous four-story earthenware stove, and smiled lazily at poor Adam's obvious and sudden indigestion, even while the uneaten half-apple remained in his guilty hand, he stepped out on his balcony, leaned his elbows among the crimson leaves, and took in the healthful morning air in great draughts.
"Sylvia and I have had only sandwiches and sponge cake since this morning. We're all ready as soon as she has washed her face." Mrs. Lem bowed affably, and the three went out and closed the door. Sylvia moved to the dimity-draped dresser and took off her hat. She smiled at the memory of her recent interview. "Cousin Thinkright says she can cook, though," she reflected. "I hope he's a judge."
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