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“What is she like?”

Bell s a seductress Flashes her eyes like that French actress”

“Anna Held”

“She is intelligent, though, and savvy about business She’s very young, spoiled by her adoring father, and, I suspect, very innocent when it comes to matters of the heart The dark-haired woman with her used to be her tutor Now she’s Hennessy’s mistress”

“Do you want to go over and say hello?”

“Not when I have only minutes left to spend with you”

Marion returned a pleased grin “I a, unspeakably beautiful, and presumably very rich”

“You are unspeakably beautiful, and when you marry me you will be very rich, too”

“But I’m not an heiress”

“I’ve known ht the Boston Waltz in dancing school,” he said, grinning back “It’s a sloaltz with a long glide We can dance it at our wedding, if you like”

“Oh, Isaac, are you sure you want to marry me?”

“I am sure”

“Most people would call e should e”

“I’ve never done what I ‘should’ do Why should I start nohen I’ve finally irl of my dreams? And made a friend for life?”

“But ill your faold digger”