CHAPTER XVIII. The fact itself is regrettable enough—regrettable, I fear, is quite an inadequate word. They were alike in one phase—loveless and lonely. For his own part he could not sufficiently admire the pluck of this lady, who, notwithstanding all that she had been through, had chosen to appear this evening rather than break her engagement. Her acrid rose perfume oil that hung in the air that smelled like a head shop, her V. ’ ‘She again?’ enquired his hostess, her delicate brows rising ‘I beg your pardon, ma’am. But, when the sound of the carriage-wheels died away, and he felt that she was actually gone, his resolution failed him, and he rang the bell violently. I suppose I was a little idiotic—I don’t think we either of us mentioned the future, but it was arranged that I should go the next afternoon and have tea with her. ’ ‘Where then is your uniform?’ ‘I don’t wear it to balls. ’ Still no response. It is a lovely little appendage to the mother who smiles over it, and it does things quaintly like her, gestures with her very gestures. You go to your room and ring for your maid.
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