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Mrs Highcauid but unaffected interest upon the warhbor, Victor Lebrun

Her attention was never for a

herself at table; and when he turned to Mrs Merrihcamp, she waited with easy indifference

for an opportunity to reclaim his attention There was the occasional

sound of reeable

accompaniment rather than an interruption to the conversation Outside

the soft, monotonous splash of a fountain could be heard; the sound

penetrated into the rooh the open s

The golden shiown spread in rich folds on either

side of her There was a soft fall of lace encircling her shoulders

It was the color of her skin, without the glow, thetints

that onein

her attitude, in her whole appearance when she leaned her head against

the high-backed chair and spread her aral

woman, the one who rules, who looks on, who stands alone

But as she sat there a

her; the hopelessness which so often assailed her, which ca extraneous, independent of volition

It was so which announced itself; a chill breath that seemed to