Halcyone

Chapter 30

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There was fortunately a company assembled for dinner when John

Derringham descended to the restaurant and again joined his

_fiance_--who never dined alone if she could help it, and reveled in

gay parties for every meal, with plenty of brilliant lights and the

chatter of other groups near at hand. Wherever she went, from Carlsbad

to Cairo, in the best restaurant you could always find her amidst her

many friends, feasting every night. And now the party consisted of some

of her compatriots, a Russian Prince, and an Italian Marchese. She

looked superbly beautiful; anger had lent a sparkle to her eyes and