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'I've got a cab at the door, he said to Bellthorp, after they had finished their drinks, and were going downstairs; 'come with me, and I'll go up to the Princess also; Jarper asked me and I refused, but men as well as women are entitled to change their minds. They got into the cab and drove up Collins Street to the Princess Theatre.
'Oh! indeed, said Vandeloup, politely; 'Hum! still afraid of her husband turning up, he said to himself, as Kitty was carried away for a valse by Mr Bellthorp; 'how slow all this is? he went on, yawning, and rising from his seat; 'I shan't stay long, or that old woman will be seizing me again.
'My dear fellow, said Bellthorp, putting his arm in that of Vandeloup's, 'wherever he gets it, he always has it, so as long as he pays his way it's none of our business; come and have a drink. Vandeloup assented with a laugh, and they went to the bar.
Kitty, therefore, accompanied Mrs Riller to the ball, but the guardianship of that lady was more nominal than anything else, as she went off with Mr Bellthorp after introducing Kitty to Mrs Meddlechip, and flirted and danced with him the whole evening.
It was about eight o'clock at night, and Gaston was busy in his rooms packing up to go away next morning. He had disposed of his apartments to Bellthorp, as that young gentleman had lately come in for some money and was dissatisfied with the paternal roof, where he was kept too strictly tied up.
Bellthorp reddened slightly, and turned away as he saw the other smiling, for his relations with Mrs Killer were well known. 'That hand business is all bosh, observed Felix Rolleston, authoritatively; 'it's in a play called "The Hidden Hand". 'Perhaps the person who poisoned Miss Sprotts, got the idea from it? suggested Jarper.
Mrs Killer looked with all her eyes, for she wanted to know all about this pretty girl who dropped so unexpectedly into Melbourne society, so she determined to question Bellthorp when she got him alone. To this end she finessed. 'Oh! there's that lovely valse, she said, as the band struck up 'One summer's night in Munich'. 'If you are not engaged, Mr Bellthorp, we must have a turn.
Poor Kestrike, surely his sin has been punished enough in having such a wife, and M. Vandeloup strolled away to speak to Mrs Riller, who, being bereft of Bellthorp, was making signals to him with her fan.
'Gentlemen! said a rich rolling voice, which proceeded from a portly man who had just appeared on the scene. 'I am astonished, with the emphasis on the first person singular, as if he were a man of great note. 'Old boy, translated Bellthorp to the others, 'is 'tonished.
Barty Jarper was talking near them, in his mild little way, to a tall young lady in a bilious-looking green dress, and further off Mr Bellthorp was laughing with Mrs Riller behind the friendly shelter of her fan. 'Well, said Vandeloup, amiably, as he sank into a seat beside Kitty, 'what is this great matter you wish to speak about? 'Madame Midas, retorted Kitty, looking straight at him.
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