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"She is very handsome," answered Reginald, carelessly; "but hers is a cold style of loveliness too much like a face moulded out of wax." "Wait till you see her animated," replied Hector Leonce. "We will go to her box presently." When the curtain fell on the close of the following act the two men left the stalls, and made their way to Madame Durski's box.
"Say, miserable position," exclaimed Miss Brewer; "for Paulina Durski's position is the most degraded that a woman whose life has been comparatively sinless ever occupied." "And every day its degradation will become more profound," said Victor. "Unless Madame Durski follows my advice, she cannot long remain in England. In her native city she has little to hope for.
The faithful friend arranged everything with her own hands for Madame Durski's comfort, and would not consent to leave her till she had lain down to rest. The broken-hearted woman bade her friend good night calmly enough, but before Miss Brewer reached the door, she heard Paulina's sobs burst forth again, and saw that she had covered her face with her hands, and buried it in the pillow.
Carrington; and with the exception of his parleyvous francais-ing with that sharp-nosed, shabby-genteel lady- companion of Madame Durski's, there's very few of his goings-on I haven't been able to reckon up to a fraction. No, my lady, there's some one else in this business; and who that some one else is, it'll be my duty to find out. But I can't do anything till I get on the ground.
"It is an honour which many of us have enjoyed," answered Reginald, with a sneer. "An honour which I used to find deuced expensive, by Jove!" exclaimed Viscount Caversham, who was standing near Douglas Dale. "That was at the time when Sir Reginald Eversleigh usurped the position of host in Madame Durski's house," replied Douglas.
There were very few nights on which Paulina Durski's saloons were not enlivened by the presence of many guests. Her visitors were all gentlemen; but they treated the mistress of the house with as much respect as if she had been surrounded by women of the highest rank.
'Oh, oh, I say to myself when I get outside, 'I know the meaning of Madame Durski's parties now. Madame Durski's house is a flash gambling crib, and all those fine gentlemen in cabs and broughams go there to play cards." "The mistress of a gaming-house!" exclaimed Honoria. "A fitting companion for Reginald Eversleigh!" "Just so, ma'am; and a fitting companion for Mr. Victor Carrington likewise."
Could she have ceased to care for him? Could any one else, richer more disinterested have usurped his place in her heart? The baronet remembered what Victor Carrington had said about Douglas Dale; but he could not for one moment believe that his cousin a man whom he considered infinitely beneath him had the power to win Paulina Durski's affection.
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