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Later she went downstairs, and then on for dinner at the McVeys'. Most grateful she was for this mental distraction; to-night she would have played three-hand bridge with papa and Mattie Allen with enthusiasm. Evey's dinner, of course, was far ahead of three-hand. Accordingly, the evening's viands were of the best and the table talk at least good enough for all practical purposes.
Imagine somebody with eyes something like Looloo's, say, to have had totally different ones; small, glassy black eyes like shoe-buttons, for instance, or to have worn thick blue-tinged glasses, like Evey's grandmother.... A hand waved before her own eyes; a voice of raillery said: "Come back!" "I'm right here.... What did you say?" "You were picking flowers ten thousand miles away. 'Cause why?
On the heels of Evey's mother came Cally's own, whose watchful eye had been felt from a distance before now. Possibly mamma had not forgotten what happened the last time Cally came to the Dabney House.... "I saw you talking with Mr. Pond," said Mrs. Heth, a little aside. "How did he impress you?" "He's the most conceited human being I ever saw," said Cally.
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