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"How funny," laughed Caot," said Mrs Paige with a shrug; and, bending over

again, becaly busy with her trowel until the fire in

her cheeks had cooled

"Every woman that ever saw him becomes infatuated with Phil

Berkley," said Camilla cheerfully "I was You will be And the

worst of it is he's siht not"

"Why did you think not?"

"I don't knohy"

"He can be fascinating," said Camilla reflectively, "but he

doesn't always trouble hie sense of relief

Camilla hesitated, lowered her voice

"They say he is fast," she whispered Ailsa, on her knees, turned

and looked up

"Whatever that"But all the

sains to adore him immediately until

her parents make her stop"

"How silly," said Ailsa in a leisurely level voice But her heart

was beating furiously, and she turned to her roses with a blind