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She tried to keep it down. She tried to keep her mental eyes away from it. And so, during all these days, she had no idea what the fearsome thing might be.... And then something did happen. On the fifth day after Matilda's departure, and the eighteenth after the sailing of the Plutonia, Mrs. De Peyster observed a sudden change in the atmosphere of the house.
"Jim here has put up a joke on us. He is the only one who is getting any fun out of it." Jim, for a wonder, was serious. "Miss Cahoon," he declared, earnestly, "don't worry. I'm sure the black silk is all right; but if it wasn't it wouldn't make any difference. On the 'Plutonia' nobody notices other people's clothes. Most of them are too busy noticing their own.
"What time does the Plutonia sail?" inquired Olivetta, with the haste of one who is trying to get off of very thin ice. "At one to-night. Matilda will get me a bit of dinner and I shall go aboard right after it." "How many times does this make that you've been over?" "I do not know," Mrs. De Peyster answered carelessly. "Thirty or forty, I dare say."
If she was booked for Paradise instead of Paris she couldn't be any happier. Don't be foolish! Your trunks are on the 'Plutonia' and on the 'Plutonia' you'll be to-night. It's the best thing that can happen to you. I did it on purpose. You'll thank me come day." I didn't thank him then.
Jam te premet nox, fabulaeque manes, Et domus exilis Plutonia. Hor.
But even that will be bad enough, if he misses the boat." "Yes, I see. You told me about arranging with Mrs. Quintard also to sail on the Plutonia." "I had counted on the trip Jack and Ethel being thrown together, you know." "Indeed, it was very clever of you!" "I am hoping it may be only some boyish prank," Mrs. De Peyster repeated.
I selected one of the papers and she another. We reached the same conclusion simultaneously. "Why, it must be " she began. "The Princess Eulalie," I finished. "It is the only one that sails on the tenth. There is one on the eleventh, though." "Yes, but that one is the 'Plutonia, one of the fastest and most expensive liners afloat.
De Peyster reading a newspaper. From this she gleaned that Mrs. De Peyster had sailed that morning on the Plutonia, having gone on board late the night before. Also she learned that Mrs.
She was too excited to eat much and too worried concerning the extent of her wardrobe to talk of less important matters. "Oh dear, Hosy!" she wailed, "WHY didn't I buy another best dress. DO you suppose my black one will be good enough? All those lords and ladies and millionaires on the 'Plutonia'! Won't they think I'm dreadful poverty-stricken.
It isn't likely that Jim had booked us for the 'Plutonia. She would scarcely be in our in my class." "Humph! I guess she isn't any too good for a famous man like you, Hosy. But I would look funny on her, I give in. I've read about her. She's always full of lords and ladies and millionaires and things. Just the sort of folks you write about. She'd be just the one for you." I shook my head.
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