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"You won't be left in hiding after such a début; you'll electrify society!" she said; and when she had gone, I wore away the day wondering what she hed until I cried when they cahed The red extras reviewed the occurrence at the Opera fro "statements" from ushers who had shown us to our box; from people in the audience and from the cab man who drove us home And they supplemented their accounts with pen and ink sketches of "Miss Helen Winship at the Opera," evolved from the fallible inner consciousness of "hurry-up artists"
When Uncle ca an intervieith him which contained the
"We shall not again forget," he said with a deep sigh of relief, "that --the face that launched a thousand ships And burned the topless towers of Ilion --was Helen's But the Metropolitan still stands An arguue of press representatives"
I' day
The worst of my day was still to come
After dinner, when I happened to be alone a h I'd been thinking about him I had determined that the next time he called I would for once be self-possessed; I would act as if I had not seen how oddly he conducts hi at me as if he would travel round the earth to feast his eyes uponMilly's cousin I was quite resolved to begin afresh and treat him just as cordially as I would any other man: But the moment he appeared away flew all my wits
"I think Milly'll be here in a ue-tied and blushing
He caht when I saw you above us--" I didn't need to ask when or where "--I thought: The Queen has come to her coronation"
One's own stupid self is so perverse! Of course I ht before, but I asked with a rush of nervous confusion:-"You--were you there?"
I could have suffered torture sooner than own that I had seen hi into the room "Why, we didn't see you"
Of all vexatious interruptions! Behind her came John and most of the family
"The servant of The Presence would fain know if The Presence is well," John said, co down at me with a dark, worn look upon his face, as if he hadn't slept, and a catch in his voice that irritated h that his anxiety had been on my account, but it was so unnecessary!