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And if you hadn't loved me, I couldn't have brought you back." "I came back because " "Because the Linburnes were getting a divorce, and because Laura wrote you a letter. Do you fancy I had nothing to do with either of those events?" And Riatt found himself answering almost in the word of Cyrano: "Non, non, mon cher amour, je ne vous aimais pas."
But, bless them, they did not know. Have you met Mrs. Linburne? Oh, she knows all about us. In fact every one does, for I can't resist wearing this." She moved her left hand on which his diamond shone like a swollen star. "How did you find my father?" "Most amiable," answered Riatt rather poisonously, and regretted the poison when he saw the Linburnes exchange an amused glance.
She got up with a sigh. "Take me over," she said to him, "and I'll ask her myself." And she added to the Linburnes: "Out-of-town people are always so fussy about little things." Riatt did not know if this slightly contemptuous observation were meant to apply to him or to Miss Lane; he hoped in his heart that Dorothy would refuse the invitation. But he under-estimated Christine's powers.
"What, you didn't ever expect him to come back?" "You talk, Nancy, as if you had never heard that we were engaged." "If you really are, Christine, why are the Linburnes being divorced?" "Because they loathe each other, I imagine." "What a changeable creature you are, Christine! It seems only the other day that you were crying your eyes out because Lee was engaged."
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