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Chapter XXVII. When Waters Engulf Us We Reach For A Star

           

           Whiletheywerestillconferringthere,severalotherofHurstwood’sfriendsentered,andnotlongaftereleven,thetheatresbeingout,someactorsbegantodropin—amongthemsomenotabilities.

           ThenbeganoneofthosepointlesssocialconversationssocommoninAmericanresortswherethewould-begildedattempttoruboffgiltfromthosewhohaveitinabundance.IfHurstwoodhadoneleaning,itwastowardnotabilities.Heconsideredthat,ifanywhere,hebelongedamongthem.Hewastooproudtotoady,tookeennottostrictlyobservetheplaneheoccupiedwhentherewerethosepresentwhodidnotappreciatehim,but,insituationslikethepresent,wherehecouldshineasagentlemanandbereceivedwithoutequivocationasafriendandequalamongmenofknownability,hewasmostdelighted.Itwasonsuchoccasions,ifever,thathewould“takesomething.”Whenthesocialflavourwasstrongenoughhewouldevenunbendtotheextentofdrinkingglassforglasswithhisassociates,punctiliouslyobservinghisturntopayasifhewereanoutsiderliketheothers.Ifheeverapproachedintoxication—orratherthatruddywarmthandcomfortablenesswhichprecedesthemoreslovenstate—itwaswhenindividualssuchastheseweregatheredabouthim,whenhewasoneofacircleofchattingcelebrities.To-night,disturbedaswashisstate,hewasratherrelievedtofindcompany,andnowthatnotabilitiesweregathered,helaidasidehistroublesforthenonce,andjoinedinrightheartily.

           Itwasnotlongbeforetheimbibingbegantotell.

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