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"No I yield to no one in reverence for the creations of the great poet," he said; "but, to tell the truth, I do not remember that the character of Romeo ever had any great charm for me." "Why not?" asked Miss Byrton. "I cannot tell you; I am very much afraid that I prefer Othello the noble Moor. Perhaps it is because sentiment has not any great attraction for me.
"That," replied Philippa, "is Petruchio;" and amidst a general laugh the conversation ended. Miss Byrton was the first to take her departure. Lord Arleigh lingered for some little time he was still unconvinced. The wretched, half-formed suspicion that there was something hidden beneath Philippa's manner still pursued him; he wanted to see if she was the same to him.
"Norman," she said, "I find that Lady Peters has asked Miss Byrton to join us at dinner will you come now? It has been a charming day, but I must own that the warmth of the sun has tired me." Her tone of voice was so calm, so unruffled, he could have laughed at himself for his suspicions, his fears. "I am quite ready," he replied. "If you would like the carriage ordered, we will go at once."
"I will ask Miss Byrton and Lady Sheldon," Philippa had promised. "Only two ladies!" the duke had laughed. "He will want some one to smoke his cigar with." "I will trust to some happy inspiration at the time, then," she had replied; and they had not mentioned the matter again. Early in August Lord Arleigh wrote that if it were convenient he should prefer paying his promised visit at once.
I do not think I could ever kill myself for love. I should make a sorry Romeo, Miss Byrton." With a puzzled face she looked from him to Miss L'Estrange. "You surprise me," she said, quickly. "I should have thought Romeo a character above all others to please you." Philippa has listened with a smile nothing had escaped her.
Looking up, she said, with a bright laugh: "I cannot compliment you on being a good judge of character, Miss Byrton. It may be perhaps that you have not known Lord Arleigh well enough. But he is the last person in the world to make a good Romeo. I know but one character in Shakespeare's plays that would suit him." "And that?" interrogated Lord Arleigh.
"Juliet is one of my favorite heroines. How many Romeos will you have?" "Only one, if I can so manage it," replied Miss Byrton "and that will be Lord Arleigh." She looked at him as she spoke; he shook his head, laughingly.
They talked after dinner about a grand fancy ball that Miss Byrton intended giving at her mansion in Grosvenor Square. She was one of those who believed implicitly in the engagement between Lord Arleigh and Miss L'Estrange. "I have a Waverley quadrille already formed," said Miss Byrton "that is de rigueur. There could not be a fancy ball without a Waverley quadrille.
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