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Her mere appearance had made him the laughing-stock of the place; her appetite had led him into outlays altogether incompatible with his income, chiefly in the matter of pastries, macaroons, fondants, ices, caramels, chocolates, jam tartlets and, above all, meringues, to which she was fabulously destructive. It took some living down, that episode.
His attitude to Augustus was much that of his attitude to his wife's chocolates, fondants, and crystallized violets "Not absolutely nourishing and beneficial for you, Dearest; but harmless, and I'll bring you a ton with pleasure". Personally he'd as soon go about with his wife's fat French poodle as with Augustus, but so long as either amused her let the queer things flourish.
Stanhope justly holding that the opportunity, the little gathering, was the thing, and it was not long before the moment of celebration arrived for which the gentlemen of the Stock Exchange, to judge from their undrained glasses, seemed to be reserving themselves. There certainly had been one tin of paté, and it circulated at that end; on the other hand, the ladies had all the fondants.
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