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LIII. Concurritur—Horae Momento

           Whenheopeneditthehumofbustlerolledoutasawaveuponastillstrandtheassemblagebeingimmediatelyinsidethehallandwasdeadenedtoamurmurashecloseditagain.Eachmanwaitedintently,andlookedaroundatthedarktreetopsgentlyrockingagainsttheskyandoccasionallyshiveringinaslightwind,asifhetookinterestinthescene,whichneitherdid.Oneofthembeganwalkingupanddown,andthencametowherehestartedfromandstoppedagain,withasensethatwalkingwasathingnotworthdoingnow.

           "IshouldthinkLabanmusthaveseenmistressbythistime,"saidSmallbury,breakingthesilence."Perhapsshewon’tcomeandspeaktohim."

           Thedooropened.Tallappeared,andjoinedthem.

           "Well?"saidboth.

           "Ididn’tliketoaskforherafterall,"Labanfalteredout."Theywereallinsuchastir,tryingtoputalittlespiritintotheparty.Somehowthefunseemstohangfire,thougheverything’stherethataheartcandesire,andIcouldn’tformysoulinterfereandthrowdampuponitif’twastosavemylife,Icouldn’t!"

           "Isupposewehadbetterallgointogether,"saidSamway,gloomily."PerhapsImayhaveachanceofsayingawordtomaster."

           Sothemenenteredthehall,whichwastheroomselectedandarrangedforthegatheringbecauseofitssize.Theyoungermenandmaidswereatlastjustbeginningtodance.Bathshebahadbeenperplexedhowtoact,forshewasnotmuchmorethanaslimyoungmaidherself,andtheweightofstatelinesssatheavyuponher.

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