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At the last minute? he echoed, betraying his surprise that she should ever have considered the alternative possible. Yes. Shes awfully fond of dancing, the young girl answered simply. But suddenly she made up her mind that her dress wasnt smart enough for a ball, though we thought it so lovely; and so my aunt had to take her home. Oh, well said Archer with happy indifference. Nothing about his betrothed pleased him more than her resolute determination to carry to its utmost limit that ritual of ignoring the unpleasant in which they had both been brought up. She knows as well as I do, he reflected, the real reason of her cousins staying away; but I shall never let her see by the least sign that I am conscious of there being a shadow of a shade on poor Ellen Olenskas reputation. |
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