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"Meaningher coffee, "and you wear it with an air Where's the Queen of your suit?"

"I confess I'm at fault"

"The odd trick is mine And the honours You e Where is your Queen--Lady St--what is it?"

"I haven't seen her," he said steadily, "since last June I left Paris on a sudden iood-bye to her"

"Didn't you even leave a card? That's not like your eyes"

"I think I sent a tub of hydrangeas or so, pour dire adieu"

"That was definite Remember the date?"

"No," he said, re perfectly

"Not the eleventh, was it? That was the day when you would get Betty's letter of rejection"

"It may have been the eleventh--In fact it was"

"Ah, that's better! And the tenth--who let you out of your studio on the tenth? I've often wondered"