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As Edna walked along the street she was thinking of Robert She was

still under the spell of her infatuation She had tried to forget hiht of hi itself upon her It was not that she dwelt

upon details of their acquaintance, or recalled in any special or

peculiar way his personality; it was his being, his existence, which

do sootten, reviving again with an intensity which filled her

with an inconolle's Their intiun at

Grand Isle, had not declined, and they had seen each other with sonolles lived at no

great distance from Edna's honolle owned and conducted a drug store which enjoyed a

steady and prosperous trade His father had been in the business before

hinolle stood well in the cority and clearheadedness His fa an entrance on the side

within the porte cochere There was son, about their whole e

and pleasant salon which extended across the width of the house, the

Ratignolles entertained their friends once a fortnight with a soiree

There was a friend who

played upon the 'cello One brought his flute and another his violin,