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"To-morrow," she said, "I am to drive for the first time. In the evening
I may be permitted to go to the Grays' mid-Lent dance--but not to dance
much. Will you be there? Didn't they ask you? I shall tell Suddy Gray
what I think of him--I don't care whether it's for the younger set
or not! Goodness me, aren't you as young as anybody! . . . Well,
then! . . . So we won't see each other to-morrow. And the day after
that--oh, I wish I had my engagement list. Never mind, I will telephone
you when I'm to be at home--or wherever I'm going to be. But it won't be
anywhere in particular because it's Lent, of course. . . . Good-night,
Captain Selwyn; you've been very sweet to me, and I've enjoyed every
single instant."
When he had gone she rose, a trifle excited in the glow of abstract
happiness, and walked erratically about, smiling to herself, touching
and rearranging objects that caught her attention. Then an innocent
instinct led her to the mirror, where she stood a moment looking back
into the lovely reflected face with its disordered hair.


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