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           MichaelsuggestedthatsheshouldgotoViennatobenearRoger,andshewouldhavelikedthat,butsheshookherhead.

           "Ishouldonlycramphisstyle."

           Shewasafraidhewouldfindherabore.Hewasenjoyinghimselfandshewouldonlybeintheway.Shecouldnotbearthethoughtthathewouldfinditanirksomedutytotakeherhereandthereandoccasionallyhaveluncheonordinnerwithher.Itwasonlynaturalthatheshouldhavemorefunwiththefriendsofhisownagethathehadmade.Shedecidedtogoandstaywithhermother.Mrs.Lambert-MadamedeLambert,asMichaelinsistedoncallingher-hadlivedformanyyearsnowwithhersister,MadameFalloux,atSt.Malo.ShespentafewdayseveryyearinLondonwithJulia,butthisyearhadnotbeenwellenoughtocome.Shewasanoldlady,welloverseventy,andJuliaknewthatitwouldbeagreatjoyforhertohaveherdaughteronalongvisit.WhocaredaboutanEnglishactressinVienna?Shewouldn’tbeanyonethere.InSt.Maloshewouldbesomethingofafigure,anditwouldbefunforthetwooldwomentobeabletoshowherofftotheirfriends.

           "Mafille,laplusgrandeactriced’Angleterre,"*andallthatsortofthing.

           Pooroldgirls,theycouldn’tlivemuchlongerandtheyleddrab,monotonouslives.Ofcourseitwouldbefearfullyboringforher,butitwouldbeatreatforthem.Juliahadafeelingthatperhapsinthecourseofherbrilliantandtriumphantcareershehadatrifleneglectedhermother.Shecouldmakeupforitnow.Shewouldlayherselfouttobecharming.