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"Yes," he said, "if you like"

"All right," she said "Yes, I should think we o, Dick"

"I should think so!" he shouted "Fancy chucking away the chance of a

dance!"

"How did they come to ask us?" Nell inquired "We don't know them very

well," she explained to Drake "The Maltbys are quite grand folk

coh Lady Maltby calls once in a blue ain, this is the first time

we have been invited to a dance"

"You have to thank erated

self-satisfaction "I happened toMaltby--he's home for a

spell; fancy he's sent down fro

with hih he is a baronet's son and

heir, and I rather think I put him up to a wrinkle or two Anyway, the

other day heto have a dance--quite an

inforo; and Lady Maltby's just

sent a note"

"All right," said Drake