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Chapter 7

           Thiswaslessfromillwillthanfromhisdeterminationtosustainwithwinethegoodspiritshehadenjoyedonhisarrival.LyingbackinhisplacebetweenEarlBrady,towhomhehadaddressedseveralwitheringremarksaboutthemovies,andMrs.Abrams,towhomhesaidnothing,hestaredatDickDiverwithanexpressionofdevastatingirony,theeffectbeingoccasionallyinterruptedbyhisattemptstoengageDickinacater-corneredconversationacrossthetable.

           "Aren’tyouafriendofVanBurenDenby?"hewouldsay.

           "Idon’tbelieveIknowhim."

           "Ithoughtyouwereafriendofhis,"hepersistedirritably.

           WhenthesubjectofMr.Denbyfellofitsownweight,heessayedotherequallyirrelativethemes,buteachtimetheverydeferenceofDick’sattentionseemedtoparalyzehim,andafteramoment’sstarkpausetheconversationthathehadinterruptedwouldgoonwithouthim.Hetriedbreakingintootherdialogues,butitwaslikecontinuallyshakinghandswithaglovefromwhichthehandhadbeenwithdrawnsofinally,witharesignedairofbeingamongchildren,hedevotedhisattentionentirelytothechampagne.

           Rosemary’sglancemovedatintervalsaroundthetable,eagerfortheothers’enjoyment,asiftheywereherfuturestepchildren.Agracioustablelight,emanatingfromabowlofspicypinks,felluponMrs.Abrams’face,cookedtoaturninVeuveCliquot,fullofvigor,tolerance,adolescentgoodwill;nexttohersatMr.RoyalDumphry,hisgirl’scomelinesslessstartlinginthepleasureworldofevening.ThenVioletMcKisco,whoseprettinesshadbeenpipedtothesurfaceofher,sothatsheceasedherstruggletomaketangibletoherselfhershadowypositionasthewifeofanarrivistewhohadnotarrived.

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