Chapter 26
OVERTON’S WIFE.A few hours later, ’Tana sat in a box at the theater; for the
party she had suggested had been arranged, and pretty Miss Margaret
was radiant over the evening planned for her, and ’Tana began to
enjoy her rôle of matchmaker. She had even managed to tell
Margaret, in a casual manner, that Miss Seldon’s idea of a decided
engagement between herself and Max had never a very solid
foundation, and now had none at all. He was her good friend—that
was all, and she was to leave for Italy in a month.
And Margaret went up to her and kissed her, looking at her with
puzzled, admiring eyes.
“They tried at home to make me think very differently,” she
said. “But you are a queer girl, Miss Montana. You have told me
this on purpose, and—”
“And I want to hear over in I
