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I remembered, too, a certain air of seriousness, and a disposition towards confidential talk, manifested among the older members of the party. Mrs. Van Reinberg's suppressed but earnest voice again broke the silence. She called me back to her side. "Mr. Courage," she said, "you are going to marry Adele?"
I leaned against the wooden rail of the piazza, looking across the grounds. Within a dozen yards or so of us, several of Mrs. Van Reinberg's guests, with a collection of golf sticks, were clambering into a huge automobile. Beyond the pleasure gardens was a range of forest-covered hills, yellow and gold now with the glory of the changing foliage.
"What, however, so few of us are able to realize is our utter and miserable failure in what you are pleased to call that invasion." "Failure!" I repeated incredulously. "I do not understand that. One hears everywhere of the social triumphs of the American woman." Mrs. Van Reinberg's eyes shone straight into mine. Her face expressed the most unmitigated contempt.
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