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And so it happened that among the jolly youthful throng which clustered
around the little candle-lighted tables in the dining-room at
Silverside, Drina, in ecstasy, curly hair just above the nape of her
slim white neck, and cheeks like pink fire, sat between Boots and a
vacant chair reserved for her tardy father.
For Nina had waited as long as she dared; then Boots had been summoned
to take in Drina and the youthful Craig girl; and, as there were to have
been six at a table, at that particular table sat Boots decorously
facing Eileen, with the two children on either hand and two empty chairs
flanking Eileen.
A jolly informality made up for Austin's shortcoming; Gerald and his
pretty bride were the centres of delighted curiosity from the Minster
twins and the Innis girls and Evelyn Cardwell--all her intimates. And
the younger Draymores, the Grays, Lawns, and Craigs were there in
force--gay, noisy, unembarrassed young people who seemed scarcely
younger or gayer than the young matron, their hostess.
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