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Willoughby's conduct, for since he had studiously refrained from betraying the slightest irritation at Mallinson's visits, those visits had amazingly diminished. 'Did he happen to mention the date of the month and the time of the day? was Mrs. Willoughby's comment. 'It sounds cold-blooded? Hardly, if you knew the man. He looks on life as a sort of draughtboard.
Somebody must keep the shop open, if it's only to politely put the customers off. He interpreted the look of surprise upon Mrs. Mallinson's face. 'Yes, I have been gradually sucked into the whirlpool, and he laughed with a nod towards Drake. She turned to him with her eyes shining. 'And you are proud of it. Fielding smiled indulgently. 'That's a woman's thought.
Of course I don't know. Clarice has given up confiding in me. But I really think you are unwise. Drake sat staring in front of him. He was considering Mallinson's visit in conjunction with the reappearance of the emerald ring upon Miss Le Mesurier's finger. 'All the same, he said at length, 'I shall wait.
'Well, she said, and she derived some satisfaction from the thought, 'at all events Clarice has dropped talking about him. Fielding laughed. 'That means that it's Mallinson's turn on the roundabout and nothing more. 'Sidney Mallinson has been refused. 'Refused! When? 'On the Sunday we lunched at Beaufort Gardens. 'Oh! Fielding was silent for a moment.
'Why, I thought She saw the confusion in Mallinson's face and checked herself suddenly with a little laugh of pure enjoyment. Her companion's jealousy was more heroical than she had given him credit for; it had induced him to lie. To cover his discomfiture Mallinson dived for the fan. 'Oh, don't trouble, she said, sympathy shaping the words into a positive entreaty.
He was still pondering the question when Clarice spoke to him. 'So that was the bourgeois, was it? she said, bending forwards and almost whispering the words. Mallinson flushed. 'Was it? he asked. 'I can't see. I am rather short-sighted. 'I begin to think you are. The sentence was spoken with an ironic sympathy which deepened the flush upon Mallinson's cheek.
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