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Mrs Pontellier talked about her father's Mississippi plantation and her

girlhood horass country She was an American

woman, with a small infusion of French which seemed to have been lost in

dilution She read a letter froed herself to be married Robert was interested, and

wanted to knohat irls the sisters were, what the father

was like, and how long the mother had been dead

When Mrs Pontellier folded the letter it was time for her to dress for

the early dinner

"I see Leonce isn't colance in the

direction whence her husband had disappeared Robert supposed he was

not, as there were a good many New Orleans club men over at Klein's

When Mrs Pontellier left hi man descended

the steps and strolled over toward the croquet players, where,

during the half-hour before dinner, he amused himself with the little

Pontellier children, ere very fond of him