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He thought it probable, too, that they were dining out Yes, he

re at the Chris Valentines Well, that was

better than it ht have been They were not dull, anyhow His mind

wandered to the Valentine house, say and extreht of Audrey, and her curious friendship with Natalie Audrey

the careless, with her dark lazy char little French songs, which she sang with

nonchalant grace, and her crowds of boyish admirers whom she alternately

petted and bullied--surely she and Natalie had little enough in common

Yet, in the last year or so, he had been continually coether--at the club, at luncheon in the wo room, at his

own house, Natalie always perfectly and expensively dressed, Audrey in

the casual gar made effective

He smiled a little Certain of Audrey's i woman He had an idea that she was always in

debt, and that the fact concerned her very little He fancied that few

things concerned her very deeply, including Chris But she knew about

food Her dinners were as casual as her house, as to service, but

they orth eating She clais, and, indeed, her invitation for to-night had been frankness