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"I shall write to Christopher to-ht, and I shall say so nice about you and your loneliness, and that he, as a kind of relation,as he doesn't make love to you, and he can take you to the Zoo--don't see hiive hio, and you will be dees you can plight your troth It will be quite respectable Wire to wick, and you must come back to Park Street directly I return on Thursday, if it is all settled"

I thanked her as well as I could She was quite ingenuous and quite sincere I should be a welcouest as Christopher's fiancée, and there was no use ht

As I put -rooot to be hi in the world than reeable to Sir Charles We were only a party of six An old Miss Harpenden, who goes everywhere to play bridge, and Malcol s himself back He fiddles with the knives and forks, and sprawls on the table rather, too He looks at Lady Ver with admiration in his eyes It is true, then, in the intervals of Paris, I suppose, she can make his heart beat

Malcolm made love to me after dinner We were left to talk when the others sat down to bridge in the little drawing-rooishly, "when you left us that I realized I was extremely attracted by you"

"No, you don't say so!" I said, innocently "Could one believe a thing like that?"

"Yes," he said, earnestly "You may, indeed, believe it"

"Do not say it so suddenly, then," I said, turning"You see, to a red-haired person like o to my head"

"Oh, I do not want to flurry you," he said, affably "I know I have been a good deal sought after--perhaps on account ofto lay everything at your feet if you will marry me"