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"Shall we not begin work now," she suggested--and I de, and we did not talk again

until luncheon tio to the little café by the lac," I

said--"and then afterwards we can find another place and work

again--Burton will have had ht down there, so we

can choose a decent spot in one of the bosquets"

She nodded slightly--Now that it was not to help eneration

she did not intend to talk any ot into the fiacre I slipped in the slightest degree, and caught

on to her arm--It was bare to the elbow in the little cheap cotton

frock, and as I touched the fine, fine skin, that ain to clasp her in ot in besidetiny curl which comes behind her

ear, slipped down probably because her hair is so unfashionably

dressed--None of Suzette's "geste," nor even the subtle perfect taste

of the fluffies--It is just torn back and rolled into a tight twist

But now that I see her out of doors and in perspective I realize that

she has a lovely sht

place I had told Burton to order the nicest lunch he could think of in