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"
The
Duke
and
Duchess
of
Rickaby
are
coming
to
the
play
tonight
and
we
’
re
going
to
have
supper
at
the
Savoy
.
I
suppose
you
wouldn
’
t
come
,
would
you
?
I
want
a
man
badly
to
make
a
fourth
.
"
"
If
you
’
d
like
me
to
,
of
course
I
will
.
"
The
heightened
colour
on
his
cheeks
told
her
how
excited
he
was
to
meet
such
distinguished
persons
.
She
did
not
tell
him
that
the
Rickabys
would
go
anywhere
for
a
free
meal
.
Tom
took
back
the
presents
that
he
had
returned
to
her
rather
shyly
,
but
he
took
them
.
When
he
had
gone
she
sat
down
at
the
dressing
-
table
and
had
a
good
look
at
herself
.
"
How
lucky
I
am
that
I
can
cry
without
my
eyelids
swelling
,
"
she
said
.
She
massaged
them
a
little
.
"
All
the
same
,
what
mugs
men
are
.
"
She
was
happy
.
Everything
would
be
all
right
now
.
She
had
got
him
back
.
But
somewhere
,
at
the
back
of
her
mind
or
in
the
bottom
of
her
heart
,
was
a
feeling
of
ever
so
slight
contempt
for
Tom
because
he
was
such
a
simple
fool
.
Their
quarrel
,
destroying
in
some
strange
way
the
barrier
between
them
,
brought
them
closer
together
.
Tom
offered
less
resistance
than
she
had
expected
when
she
mooted
once
more
the
question
of
the
flat
.
It
looked
as
though
,
after
their
reconciliation
,
having
taken
back
her
presents
and
consented
to
forget
the
loan
,
he
had
put
aside
his
moral
scruples
.
They
had
a
lot
of
fun
furnishing
it
.
The
chauffeur
’
s
wife
kept
it
clean
for
him
and
cooked
his
breakfast
.
Julia
had
a
key
and
would
sometimes
let
herself
in
and
sit
by
herself
in
the
little
sitting
-
room
till
he
came
back
from
his
office
.
They
supped
together
two
or
three
times
a
week
and
danced
,
then
drove
back
to
the
flat
in
a
taxi
.
Julia
enjoyed
a
happy
autumn
.
The
play
they
put
on
was
a
success
.
She
felt
alert
and
young
.
Roger
was
coming
home
at
Christmas
,
but
only
for
a
fortnight
,
and
was
then
going
to
Vienna
.
Julia
expected
him
to
monopolize
Tom
and
she
was
determined
not
to
mind
.
Youth
naturally
appealed
to
youth
and
she
told
herself
that
there
was
no
reason
for
her
to
feel
anxious
if
for
a
few
days
the
two
of
them
were
so
wrapped
up
in
one
another
that
Tom
had
no
thought
for
her
.
She
held
him
now
.
He
was
proud
to
be
her
lover
,
it
gave
him
confidence
in
himself
,
and
he
was
pleased
to
be
on
familiar
terms
with
a
large
number
of
more
or
less
distinguished
persons
whom
after
all
he
only
knew
through
her
.
He
was
anxious
now
to
join
a
good
club
and
Julia
was
preparing
the
ground
.
Charles
had
never
refused
her
anything
,
and
with
tact
she
was
certain
that
she
could
wheedle
him
into
proposing
Tom
for
one
of
those
to
which
he
belonged
.
It
was
a
new
and
delicious
sensation
for
Tom
to
have
money
to
spend
;
she
encouraged
him
to
be
extravagant
;
she
had
a
notion
that
he
would
get
used
to
living
in
a
certain
way
and
then
would
realize
that
he
could
not
do
without
her
.
"
Of
course
it
can
’
t
last
,
"
she
told
herself
,
"
but
when
it
comes
to
an
end
it
will
have
been
a
wonderful
experience
for
him
.
It
’
ll
really
have
made
a
man
of
him
.
"
But
though
she
told
herself
that
it
could
not
last
she
did
not
see
really
why
it
shouldn
’
t
.
As
the
years
went
by
and
he
grew
older
there
wouldn
’
t
be
any
particular
difference
between
them
.
He
would
no
longer
be
so
very
young
in
ten
or
fifteen
years
and
she
would
be
just
the
same
age
as
she
was
now
.
They
were
very
comfortable
together
.
Men
were
creatures
of
habit
;
that
gave
women
such
a
hold
on
them
.
She
did
not
feel
a
day
older
than
he
,
and
she
was
convinced
that
the
disparity
in
their
ages
had
never
even
occurred
to
him
.
It
was
true
that
on
this
point
she
had
once
had
a
moment
’
s
disquietude
.
She
was
lying
on
his
bed
.
He
was
standing
at
the
dressing
-
table
,
in
his
shirt
sleeves
,
brushing
his
hair
.
She
was
stark
naked
and
she
lay
in
the
position
of
a
Venus
by
Titian
that
she
remembered
to
have
seen
in
a
country
house
at
which
she
had
stayed
.
She
felt
that
she
made
really
a
lovely
picture
,
and
in
complete
awareness
of
the
charming
sight
she
offered
,
held
the
pose
.
She
was
happy
and
satisfied
.
"
This
is
romance
,
"
she
thought
,
and
a
light
,
quick
smile
hovered
over
her
lips
.
