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Updated: May 19, 2025
The few days of the last week raced by, with all the charm of sky and field that the magic of Indian summer can lavish, and for Benton and Cara, they raced also with the sense of fast-slipping hope and relentlessly marching doom. Outwardly Cara set a pace for vivacious and care-free enjoyment that left Mrs. Porter-Woodleigh, the "semi-professional light-hearted lady," as O'Barreton named her, "to trail along in the ruck." Alone with Benton, there was always the furrow between the brows and the distressed gaze upon the mystery beyond the sky-line, but Pagratide and Von Ritz were vigilant, to the end that their tête-
Van traced a family-tree on the tablecloth with a salt-spoon, for his guest's better information. "That doesn't enlighten me on the semi-royal status of your Aunt Maritzburg," objected O'Barreton. "How did she grow so great?" "Vicissitudes, Barry," explained the host patiently. "Just vicissitudes.
The foreigner turned his head and nodded gravely. Cara was listening to something that Benton was saying in undertone, her lips parted in an amused smile. Through a momentary lull as the coffee came, rose the voice of O'Barreton, the bore, near the head of the table; O'Barreton, who must be tolerated because as a master of hounds he had no superior and a bare quorum of equals.
"Quite true and quite epigrammatic," he persisted sweetly. "But how?" Van turned to the rest of the table. "You don't have to listen to this," he said in despair. "I have to go through it with O'Barreton every time he comes here. It's a sort of ritual." Then, turning to the tormenting guest, he explained carefully: "Once upon a time the Earl of Dundredge had three daughters.
How did you acquire your gorgeous relatives?" persisted O'Barreton. "Some day I'll tell you all about it. Do you think the Elkridge hounds will run " "I addressed a question to you. That question is still before the house," interrupted O'Barreton, with dignity. "How did you acquire 'em?" "Inherited 'em!" snapped Van, but O'Barreton was not to be turned aside.
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