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Mortimer's health was excellent The races had not proved remunerative however, and his new an to be seriously afraid that by the end of August he would be obliged to apply to Quarrier once oodwill He told Lydia this, and she seeree with him This pleased hi she was beco too friendly with some of his friends--Desreat house at Black Fells His servants, gareenhouses, model stock-far the advent of thesteam yacht still lay in the East River, and, at rare intervals, a significant gli disclosed the owner's presence aboard for an hour or two That was all, however; and the cliff-watchers at Shotover House and the Fells looked seaward in vain for the big Siwanoa, as yacht after yacht, heralded by the sray speck to a white one, and crept in from the sea to anchor

The Ferralls were at Shotover with their first instaluests Sylvia was there, Quarrier expected--because Kemp Ferrall's break with him was not a social one, and Grace's real affection for Sylvia blinded neither her nor her husband to the material and social importance of the intimacy Sias not invited; neither had an invitation to him been even discussed in viehat Grace are of, and what everybody knew concerning the i between hi, andset had not yet arrived, of course; in fact there was still another relay expected before the season opened and brought the shooting coterie for the first teeks But Sylvia was expected to last through and hold over with a brief interlude for a week's end at Lenox So was Quarrier; and Grace, always animated by a lively but harht arrive before Quarrier left, because she adored the tension of situations and was delightedly persuaded that Plank wascousin

"Oh, to see thehed ecstatically in Sylvia's ear; "I'd certainly poke them up if they only turned around sulkily in the corners of the cage and evinced a desire to lie down"

"What a h Grace beca her plans to extract amusement out of Plank's hoped-for presence Sylvia remained uninterested