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He strolled away through the palms, and I instantly

threw off my ulster and hat, cast them behind some

bushes, and boldly opened the door and entered

The ball-roo down to supper, and I took lanced up carelessly,

as though waiting for soe

and brilliant co The very size of the gathering

gave loves coht air

had given me a valued hint of the open conservatory

door came now and stood beside me He even put his

hand on my arm with inti feet in

the hall above and then down the steps, between the

lines of guests arrested in their descent, ca Hood,

ahter

"It's Olivia! She's won the wager!" exclaiirl, whose dark curls

were shaken about her face, ran up to us and threw

her ar

picture,-the figures on the stairway, the pretty graceful

child, the eager, happy faces all about I was too

much interested by this scene of the comedy to be uncoht accented by

her gown of white, stood Marian Devereux, hesitating

an instant, as a bird pauses before taking wing, and then