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Updated: June 29, 2025
But the Colonel was suddenly aware of his audacity and faltered. "Oh, do ask me, Colonel Luttrell!" she pleaded. The old-fashioned would have condemned Joan Whitworth as a minx at this moment, but would have softened the condemnation with a smile forced from them by her winning grace. "Well, I will," replied Luttrell, and with great solemnity he asked, "How is Linda Spavinsky?"
They did not turn his way but preceded him, so that he only saw their backs. But he had no doubt who one of the couple was. The fair hair, the tall, slim, long-limbed figure, the perverse sloppiness of dress which could not quite obscure her grace of youth, betrayed the disdainful prodigy of Rackham Park. The creator of Linda Spavinsky swam ahead of him.
He had never dreamed that she would take so much trouble. Mario Escobar understood women's clothes, and his eyes ran with a sensation of pleasure over her delicate frock with its shining bands, its embroidery of silver and flounces of fine lace, down to her slim brocaded shoes. He had not, indeed, thought very much of her in the days when Linda Spavinsky was queen.
They don't know the meaning of words. They are ribald, uneducated people. You call your heroine Linda? Linda what?" Mr. Jupp supplied a name. "Linda Spavinsky," said he. "She comes of the ancient Scottish family of that name." "Pig!
All his pride and joy would be engrossed by the great fact that his battalion had increased its good name. There was a closing sentence in Millie Splay's letter which brought another smile to his lips. "Linda Spavinsky is, alas, going as strong as ever.
"Colonel Brockley rode over this morning to tell us that his son had been recalled to his battalion by a telegram. I knew you were expecting one. When this one came, I thought that it might be important and that you ought to have it at once. On the other hand it might be another telegram," and her face dimpled into smiles, "from Linda Spavinsky. I didn't know what to do about it.
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