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Chapter 6

           Forayear,whichwasforever,shehadhadmoneyandacertaincelebrityandcontactwiththecelebrated,andtheselatterhadpresentedthemselvesmerelyaspowerfulenlargementsofthepeoplewithwhomthedoctor’swidowandherdaughterhadassociatedinahôtel-pensioninParis.Rosemarywasaromanticandhercareerhadnotprovidedmanysatisfactoryopportunitiesonthatscore.Hermother,withtheideaofacareerforRosemary,wouldnottolerateanysuchspurioussubstitutesastheexcitationsavailableonallsides,andindeedRosemarywasalreadybeyondthatshewasInthemoviesbutnotatallAtthem.SowhenshehadseenapprovalofDickDiverinhermother’sfaceitmeantthathewas"therealthing";itmeantpermissiontogoasfarasshecould.

           "Iwaswatchingyou,"hesaid,andsheknewhemeantit."We’vegrownveryfondofyou."

           "IfellinlovewithyouthefirsttimeIsawyou,"shesaidquietly.Hepretendednottohaveheard,asifthecomplimentwerepurelyformal.

           "Newfriends,"hesaid,asifitwereanimportantpoint,"canoftenhaveabettertimetogetherthanoldfriends."

           Withthatremark,whichshedidnotunderstandprecisely,shefoundherselfatthetable,pickedoutbyslowlyemerginglightsagainstthedarkdusk.AchordofdelightstruckinsideherwhenshesawthatDickhadtakenhermotheronhisrighthand;forherselfshewasbetweenLuisCampionandBrady.

           SurchargedwithheremotionsheturnedtoBradywiththeintentionofconfidinginhim,butatherfirstmentionofDickahard-boiledsparkleinhiseyesgavehertounderstandthatherefusedthefatherlyoffice.

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