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"Poor things, in bondage to their house!" said Norris, and they all

looked soleh the trees

"There are ever sothe few very

rich people in a western tohere most of your friends aren't

opulent," Madeline went on "When Mrs Lenox es her dress And nobody says to her, 'Oh, do

stay to lunch,' when they've nothing but oysters or beefsteak, but they

wait till they get in an extra chef and then send her a formal

invitation I believe ours is one of the half-dozen houses where people

don't pretend to be so quite different from what they are when

Mrs Lenox appears And yet she's the enuine

person, and would rather have beefsteak and friendship than paté de

fois gras and good gowns any day"

"Poor things!" said Dick again

"I think they are out on the terrace now Would you like to go over and