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So vivacious and charming she seemed, so spirited and bright her welcoming smile, so foreign was she altogether to the picture of her, worn and distraught, that he had mentally conjured up, that he stopped in an extreme of disconcertion; and dropped the hand-bag, smiling sheepishly enough under her ready laugh mirth irresistibly incited by the plainly-read play of expression on his mobile countenance.
On turning again, he found that the waiter was watching him from the window of the restaurant, and it seemed to the young man that the pale, servile face wore a malicious smile. With the feeling of disconcertion that springs from being caught in an impulsive action we have believed unobserved, Maurice spun round on his heel and took a few quick steps in the opposite direction.
He had already satisfied himself that she had not a trace of fear. In another moment or two, however, he forgot his slight sense of disconcertion, for Sally, sitting tense and strung up on the driving seat with a glow in her cheeks and a snap in her eyes, was wholly admirable. There was lithe grace, virility, and resolution in every line of her fur-wrapped figure.
A little thrill of disconcertion ran through Agatha, for she felt she knew what this stranger's errand must be. Then Wyllard rose, and walked towards the man with outstretched hand. "Sit right down and get some supper. You'll want it if you have ridden in from the railroad," he said. "We'll talk afterwards." The stranger nodded.
One upward glance sufficed to dash his hopes: here was no way out, arduous though feasible; immediately above the fireplace the flue narrowed so that not even the most active man of normal stature might hope to negotiate its ascent. He returned with only a gesture of disconcertion to answer the girl's look of appeal.
He had counted on a sweet Southern handshake, but she kept hold of the hat-brim, let her dry smile of inquiry fade into a formal deference, and took comfort in his disconcertion. "I was just coming," he said, "I thought you'd let me come back just to say good-by but I see you're on your way to a recitation I " Her smile was cruel. "Why, my recitations are not so serious as that," she drawled.
"I'm afraid I can't help you out," said I. "Oh, that's all right. I'd just forgotten that I don't smoke." I pretended not to notice his disconcertion. "You're to be congratulated; it's a shameful waste of time and money." "A filthy habit," said he warmly. "Indeed, yes," I chanted, finding my pipe and tobacco pouch.
"Madame Sylvia Amerbach," placing the bottle on the table and going to the sideboard. She returned with a box of "Khedives." Fitzgerald laughed at Maurice's disconcertion. "Where has Madame gone?" "To the summer home of Countess Herzberg, who is to return with Madame." "Oho!" cried Maurice, in English. "A countess! What do you say to that, my Englishman?" "She is probably old and plain.
At that naked question, the owner of the store jumped up from his chair, and stood glowering at the girl who risked a request so full of vituperation against himself. "How dare you speak to me like this?" he thundered. There was no disconcertion exhibited by the one thus challenged. On the contrary, she repeated her question with a simple dignity that still further outraged the man.
"Then she is not with him?" she cried, springing to her feet, and there was a jubilation in her voice, which she did not attempt to suppress. Maurice made no answer, but in his face was such a mixture of surprise and disconcertion that it was answer enough.
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