”
“But didn’t you say some more about that ball?”
“I said everything I could say as soon as I realized she was trying to avoid the
topic. But it is all
over now, and presently there will be some one else. I
should feel that I had been obliged to find some one else to fight my battles for
me. He was accompanied by a young man of about
seven-and-twenty, who carried his easel, set it in its place, laid the canvass upon
it, opened the paint box, took out the brushes and palette, and, in short, paid him
the most assiduous attention. Lord knew why he had any interest in an
impertinent girl who would certainly have spit him with that dagger! He reached
into his pocket and brought it out, examining it in the increasing light as he
slowly made his way back up the terrace. ”
It was certain that he was not there. The hotel on the Peak had the aspect of
a fairy castle. Lost ground must be
regained. Happily they had no one else to wait for, and it heartened her mightily to think
that she had ordered the promptest possible service of the dinner. Set
yourself to find it out, if you will—but if you do, never dare to call yourself my
friend again.
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