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Sammy, butler, bearer, and general factotum, irreproachable from his snowy turban to his white-slippered feet, did not take the hint to retire, but stood motionless just inside the room, waiting with statuesque patience till his master should deign to bestow upon him the favour of his full attention.
The hands of the office clock were close to eight when, as though on a signal, the hubbub of social intercourse ceased and eyes followed eyes to the top of the stairs where two white-slippered feet showed through the rungs of the balustrade and a slim hand sparkling with jewels slipped gracefully along the polished rail.
There was nothing to be seen except that delicate fluff of white, supported on dainty white-socked, white-slippered limbs. "Say," said Johnny. "You are real cruel, when I I saved your li-fe," wailed Lily. "Say," said Johnny, "maybe if I don't see any other girl I like better I will marry you when I am grown up, but I won't if you don't stop that howling." Lily stopped immediately.
From the street outside came the whirring of a motor and the sound of Mary Rochefort's voice saying good-by to Pollen. Mrs. Ennis rested an arm on the mantelpiece and kicked a log thoughtfully with a white-slippered foot; then she faced about on Burnaby. "I suppose," she said, "you realize that you have spoiled my party?" "I?" said Burnaby. "Yes, you!"
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