Chapter 23
HER FIRST KISS "I was never," she declared, "quite so pleased to see any one in all my life. I was wondering whether it would occur to you that I was starving." He set the tray down for her, placed a chair in front of the table, and busied himself opening the wine. All the time he was looking at her. "Whatever have you been doing to yourself?" he asked at length. She laughed softly. "Oh, I had to amuse myself somehow," she answered. "I've done my hair a new way, rearranged all my ornaments, and really I don't think a man has a right to such a delightful manicure set. I felt terribly nervous in the lavatory, though. I could hear some one in the billiard-room all the time." "That's all right!" he declared. "I've locked the door there, and have the key in my pocket. No one can get in fr
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