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Chapter 9

           UnforeseencircumstancescallmebacktoParis,andIfindIcanmakebettertimebywayofLausanne.CanyouletNicolerideasfarasZurichwithyou,sinceyouaregoingbackMonday?anddropheratthesanitarium?Isthistoomuchtoask?

           Sincerely,

           BETHEVANWARREN.

           DickwasfuriousMissWarrenhadknownhehadabicyclewithhim;yetshehadsophrasedhernotethatitwasimpossibletorefuse.Throwustogether!SweetpropinquityandtheWarrenmoney!

           Hewaswrong;BabyWarrenhadnosuchintentions.ShehadlookedDickoverwithworldlyeyes,shehadmeasuredhimwiththewarpedruleofanAnglophileandfoundhimwantinginspiteofthefactthatshefoundhimtoothsome.Butforherhewastoo"intellectual"andshepigeonholedhimwithashabby-snobbycrowdshehadonceknowninLondonheputhimselfouttoomuchtobereallyofthecorrectstuff.Shecouldnotseehowhecouldbemadeintoherideaofanaristocrat.

           Inadditiontothathewasstubbornshehadseenhimleaveherconversationandgetdownbehindhiseyesinthatoddwaythatpeopledid,halfadozentimes.ShehadnotlikedNicole’sfreeandeasymannerasachildandnowshewassensiblyhabituatedtothinkingofherasa"gonecoon";andanyhowDoctorDiverwasnotthesortofmedicalmanshecouldenvisageinthefamily.

           Sheonlywantedtousehiminnocentlyasaconvenience.

           ButherrequesthadtheeffectthatDickassumedshedesired

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