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Matravers laid his hand upon hers, and leaned forward in his chair. "Lady Truton's was the very worst house you could have gone to," he said gently. "You must not be too discouraged all at once. The women of her set, thank God, are not in the least typical Englishwomen. They are fast and silly, a few, I am afraid, worse.
"You remember you were going on to Lady Truton's, so I did not come behind. But I had a fancy to see you for a moment, and I came round into Pitt Street just as you were driving off. On the other side of the way this man was standing watching you!" She looked at him with a suddenly kindled interest or was it fear? in her dark eyes. The colour had left her cheeks; she was white to the lips.
With an old-fashioned courtesy, which always sat well upon him, he offered her his arm. "I thought that you were to be late," he said, looking down at her with a shade of anxiety in his clear, grave face. "Was not this Lady Truton's night?" She nodded. "Yes; don't talk to me just yet. I am upset! Come in and sit with me!" He hesitated.
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