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"And I could think of only one plan." "And that?" Mrs. De Peyster eagerly inquired. There was an excited, desperate light in Olivetta's flooding eyes. "Couldn't you manage, in some way, while nobody is looking, to slip into that Frenchwoman's place; and then, before the ceremony was over, you could sit up and say you'd been in a cataleptic fit. Such things have happened. I've read about them."
"And I didn't dare cable you for more. For if I had sent a cable to you here, it might have betrayed you." "And what did you do?" "There was nothing for me to do but to to sell some of your gowns." "Oh!" Mrs. De Peyster was beginning dimly to see the drift of things. Olivetta's mind wandered to another phase of her tribulations. "And the price I got for them was a swindle, Caroline.
"I say, mother," he said confidentially, "you remember that little explanation I just gave you of my absence." "About your trip in that high-powered automobile?" "That was just a high-powered fib. Just a bit of diplomatic romance for Olivetta's consumption." "Then where have you been?" demanded Mrs. De Peyster. "Prospecting.
De Peyster's inventory, a horror out-climaxing any in Olivetta's tragic list, burst suddenly upon Mrs. De Peyster. Her face went pale, fell loose. "Mrs. Allistair!" she barely articulated. "Mrs. Allistair?" Olivetta repeated blankly. "Don't you see if I stay at home don't sail Mrs. Allistair will use it as capital against me and she'll ride over me to " "Caroline!" gasped the appalled Olivetta.
"Absurd, Olivetta! Quite absurd!" quavered Mrs. De Peyster. "I dare say it is," agreed Olivetta, subsiding again into her limp misery. "Oh, why did I ever go to Paris! I hate the place!" "Don't give way; think!" commanded Mrs. De Peyster, who was in a condition not far removed from Olivetta's. "Think, Matilda!" "Yes, ma'am," said Matilda obediently. "You think, Caroline," whimpered Olivetta.
And after she bought it she she" Olivetta's voice rang out with hysterical resentment "she got us all into this trouble by walking into the Seine. It's the most popular pastime in Paris, to walk into the Seine. But why," ended Olivetta with a spiteful burst, "why couldn't she have amused herself in her own clothes? That's what I want to know!" "And then? What did you do?" breathed Mrs. De Peyster.
"You have an idea, Caroline?" cried Olivetta, struck by her look. "Wait!" Mrs. De Peyster stood silent for yet a few more moments. Then, completely her dignified and composed self, she stepped toward her bedroom. Olivetta's eyes followed her in wondering, worshipful fascination. Mrs. De Peyster opened the door. "Matilda!" The housekeeper instantly appeared. "Yes, Mrs. De Peyster."
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