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Chapter 22

           AfterhalfanhourofCollishefeltadistinctlesionofhisownvitality.

           TheydrankabottleofItalianmousseaux,andDickbecamepaleandsomewhatnoisy.Hecalledtheorchestraleaderovertotheirtable;thiswasaBahamaNegro,conceitedandunpleasant,andinafewminutestherewasarow.

           "Youaskedmetositdown."

           "Allright.AndIgaveyoufiftylire,didn’tI?"

           "Allright.Allright.Allright."

           "Allright,Igaveyoufiftylire,didn’tI?Thenyoucomeupandaskedmetoputsomemoreinthehorn!"

           "Youaskedmetositdown,didn’tyou?Didn’tyou?"

           "IaskedyoutositdownbutIgaveyoufiftylire,didn’tI?"

           "Allright.Allright."

           TheNegrogotupsourlyandwentaway,leavingDickinastillmoreevilhumor.ButhesawagirlsmilingathimfromacrosstheroomandimmediatelythepaleRomanshapesaroundhimrecededintodecent,humbleperspective.ShewasayoungEnglishgirl,withblondehairandahealthy,prettyEnglishfaceandshesmiledathimagainwithaninvitationheunderstood,thatdeniedthefleshevenintheactoftenderingit.

           "There’saquicktrickorelseIdon’tknowbridge,"saidCollis.

           Dickgotupandwalkedtoheracrosstheroom.

           "Won’tyoudance?"

           Themiddle-agedEnglishmanwithwhomshewassittingsaid,almostapologetically:"I’mgoingoutsoon."

           SoberedbyexcitementDickdanced.

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