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Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Mavick seemed especially pleased when they encountered him, and in fact his sole welcome from the family was in the eyes of Evelyn. The hostess had supposed that the Mavicks would be pleased to meet the rising author, and in still further carrying out her benevolent purpose, and with, no doubt, a sympathy in the feelings of the young, Mrs.
At a dinner given by the lady who had been Philip's only partner at the Mavick reception, and who had read his story and had written to "her partner" a most kind little note regretting that she had not known she was dancing with an author, and saying that she and her husband would be delighted to make his acquaintance, Philip was surprised by the presence of the Mavicks in the drawing-room.
When Ault told his wife what he had done, that sweet, domestic, and sensible woman was very far from being elated. "I am almost sorry," she said. "Sorry for what?" asked Mr. Ault, gently, but greatly surprised. "For the Mavicks. I don't mean for Mrs. Mavick I hear she is a worldly and revengeful woman but for the girl. It must be dreadful to turn her out of all the surroundings of her happy life.
How much doubt and anxiety, even suffering, might have been spared him if the historian at that moment could have informed him of a little shopping incident at Tiffany's a few days after the Mavicks' return. A middle-aged lady and a young girl were inspecting some antiques.
Unconsciously this was so. For at this time Philip had not come to know that the reason why so many degraded and degrading stories and sketches are written is because the writers' standard is the approval of one or two or a group of persons of vitiated tastes and low ideals. The Mavicks did not return to town till late in the autumn.
Of course Philip wrote to Celia about his vacation intimacy with the Mavicks. It was no news to her that the Mavicks were spending the summer there; all the world knew that, and society wondered what whim of Carmen's had taken her out of the regular summer occupations and immured her in the country.
If she was indifferent to him, he would know the worst, and go about his business like a man. Who were the Mavicks, anyway? Alice had written him once that Evelyn was a dear girl, no one could help loving her; but she did not like the blood of father and mother. "And remember, Phil you must let me say this there is not a drop of mean blood in your ancestors." Philip smiled at this.
And Philip talked about himself, and the rumors in Wall Street, and Mr. Ault and his offer, and at last about the Mavicks he could not help that until he felt that Celia was what she had always been to him, and when he went away he held her hand and said what a dear, sweet friend she was.
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