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That lady was still clad in white, according to her custom of the

summer Her eyes beao inside? Would she partake of some refreshment? Why had she not been

there before? Hoas that dear Mr Pontellier and hoere those sweet

children? Had Mrs Pontellier ever known such a ware behind his mother's chair,

where he commanded a view of Edna's face He had taken her parasol from

her hands while he spoke to her, and he now lifted it and twirled it

above him as he lay on his back When Mada back to the city; that she saw so few people now;

that even Victor, when he came up from the island for a day or two, had

so e his time; then it was that the youth

went into contortions on the lounge and winked mischievously at Edna

She somehow felt like a confederate in cri

There had been but two letters from Robert, with little in them, they

told her Victor said it was really not hile to go inside for

the letters, when his o in search of them He

relibly when

put to the test

One letter ritten from Vera Cruz and the other fro everything toward his

advancement So far, the financial situation was no improvement over the