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He began to wonder, in view of the persistence of her interest in Emmet, whether she had not divined the cause of his late arrival from the first. "When I first came in," he continued, "and Littleford thrust me into a chair beside you, I caught the scent of these lilies before I knew they were in your hands.
A few nights after the meeting in the woods, Leigh was hurrying along Birdseye Avenue, like the belated White Rabbit on its way to the Queen's croquet party. He was going to a lecture on Velasquez at the house of one of his colleagues, Professor Littleford.
Leigh, performing the same operation for himself, was chatting with the other two, when Littleford returned to say that his search had been in vain. "She probably went home with Mrs. Parr," the bishop commented. "They came together, I believe." "Mrs. Parr is still here," Littleford said, "and complaining that Miss Wycliffe has deserted her."
"It was fortunate," Littleford remarked, "that I telephoned over and reserved this table, but I 'm afraid our friends have disappointed us." He glanced uneasily at the chairs leaning one against each end of the table, and then over the room.
The lawyer, perhaps not yet convinced that he had played and lost, now addressed Felicity directly. "Won't you come to the reception with Mr. Littleford and me, Miss Wycliffe? I brought my machine around for the express purpose of carrying you off." "I 'm too comfortable to move now," she answered coolly, "and I don't propose to make the President shake hands with me twice in one day.
Littleford, a comfortable-looking man, with a fresh colour, a yellow beard, and a general air of good living and goodfellowship about him, hurried off to the ballroom to inquire. Meanwhile, Cobbens helped the bishop into his coat with the solicitous attention due a swell official of the Church, who was at the same time the father of Felicity Wycliffe.
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