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XXXVIII

           HehadlearnedthattheAmbassadorwastospendtwodaysinParis,andhehadreasontohopethatinconsequencehisowndepartureforLondonwouldbedeferred.HewasexhilaratedbytheprospectofbeingwithAnnaforafewhourslonger,andshedidnotaskherselfifhisexhilarationwereasignofinsensibility,forshewastooconsciousofhispowerofswayinghermoodsnottobesecretlyproudofaffectinghis.

           Theylingeredforsometimeoverthefruitandcoffee,andwhentheyrosetogoDarrowsuggestedthat,ifshefeltdisposedfortheplay,theywerenottoolateforthesecondpartoftheprogrammeatoneofthesmallertheatres.

           HismentionofthehourrecalledOwentoherthoughts.Shesawhistrainrushingsouthwardthroughthestorm,and,inacorneroftheswayingcompartment,hisface,whiteandindistinctasithadloomedonherintherainytwilight.Itwashorribletobethusperpetuallypayingforherhappiness!

           Darrowhadcalledforatheatricaljournal,andhepresentlylookedupfromittosay:“IhearthesecondplayattheAthénéeisamusing.”

           ItwasonAnna’slipstoacquiesce;butasshewasabouttospeakshewonderedifitwerenotattheAthénéethatOwenhadseenDarrowwithSophyViner.Shewasnotsurehehadevenmentionedthetheatre,butthemerepossibilitywasenoughtodarkenhersky.ItwashatefultohertothinkofaccompanyingDarrowtoplaceswherethegirlhadbeenwithhim.

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