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Show III-Continued III Continued III Continued ContinuedHer CiiAPTER CHAPTER IIIContinued3 - - - -3- 3 - 3fier 3Ser - . Her fier Ser heart beating bentmg rapidly rapldlv , almost almostsMe almostgi almostpille sMe le to believe her eyes , Smif Smlf staredS staredsound stared S ! gi her Thev They were on the secondr secondu secondf second sound round und u 1Lf the estiblishment est'lbllshment estlbllshment estiblrshment ' and Itk 11 1L It 11aed f of r of ol , _ k " , aed sed ed designed dCSlgned destgned expressly for uer her pur9fhtt pur p'th pth % ' 9fhtt . ' \ h " t pirt p\rt p rt part ' \ of the premises do 3011rjh ; } 3011 on , f.P fP rjh ' . to r reserve rerve er\"e er "e e \ " for yourself yource1f ; ? ' she shetsed shesled shected tsed sled ! brcitlilcssly bre'llhlessly brellhlessly brelthlessly ' Could 'Could ' you getI getr get " without this door toor floor ? 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D Smif Snur looked loohed around nround hero'ot her'lot tier her 'lot lot ' o'ot oot ' W " mth "lib lib With rour four your fillinJ filtfnes fitting , : , 1m I m nfnid afr'lld afrlld nfr'tld nfrtld ' ' ' " To o be sure not TIs more th'ln thln thin th'lnIccu1d thinlccuid thinlciuldexpect"Thprcs thinlciuldexpectThprcs ' Iccu1d lccuid ; espcct-.1fhprc espcct.1fhprc espcct .1fhprc 1fhprc expect-fh expect fh . . . - - . * " res s little hWe here hut but hutL"3pen buttspenes buttapenea L"3pen L3pen tspenes " an ' the ther they " , can be p'lcl plcl p'tcked ptcked p'tckedirly pickedpy ' ' ed edIiV IiV irly ' Tht Th ? lounge chiirs ch'lIM chlIM chilrs ' I could uce use u ; o&TD oTD ' & in < n stairs until better tIme tlineb times 'T T 'T\\ 'T T 'Tw Tw 'Toulda ' " \ \ ontd ould ouldtai oulda ontdL1 ' The ' s quIet quick quickinto quickrL-aa quickrL aa . L1 tai , rtoru storat Etoraee : e wonnn WODJ'ln WODJln woman into "nI1 nI1 " - badcetUed badsettled had bad : settled cetUed ' ' ill 111 111 dot-ills dot ills dct'll1c dctll1c det'tils dettils ' ' - ; In a flash flash'Do fl.ash flash fl.ash'Do flashI'Do flashIDo . 'Do Do ' ' ' ye think thmk thank there s annch'l annv ann\ ann \ ' ch'l chl cinnce chance ' nre of ofrrenbn ofE rrenbn ( lentl , rentin ' ' I ! . ' , Miss Loveh Lo\"eh Lo "eh eh Lovell \ " 7 ? ' ) It ml might mightrate mislilate ht rate te ju't jut juct just ' : the difference dltference to me he- he be- be hetJ bettea he-trea he trea - - - tJ ttea , I : Einidn EJnldn sinicin ' or swimmin swlmmIn ' ' I don din t tcIod tdad tdri cIod dad tellin tellln ' ye thit th'lt thlt ' I m o\"erlo'ldetl o "erlo'ldetl erloldetl overloaded ovcrloidcd1'a ovcrloidcd1a overloadedi \ " ' i ' ! Cmlra Ginira Cinlras s dresses drc recces : ; es was a gr'1nd gr1nd grind grindfeii ' la IJJ la JIIJJ kla JI- JI k- k - > - - her agitation agltntlOn and sudden hope hopemime hopeNune Aame mime ! Georgette Geogette Georgetteas ; w \\as as \ \ as b'lbbtIngSJ babblingSn bihbling b'lbbtIng blbbtIng babbling bihblingSaf ' SJ Sn Saf : t stopped her good humoredlv humoredly humorcdivTil humoredlv'nI humoredly5i 'nI nI 5i ' ! a C moderate price prJce for a frocl frockd . , L'd Ld L'4 L4 ' , ' , , once v-e.e ve.e v e.e ee - re're rere re've reve ' . settled that I 111 II 11 tel1 tell tel1fij tellya tellra fij ya ffhat that chat I have hare in mind for this thistrf thistxtIf this4y txtIf trf : K if you cin C'ln Cln sin ' rcallv reallv really spire sp'lre splre ' it " Uadame llidame hlidame Georgette amazed Incre incred incredrxt incredWi I : ( rxt ; , doubtful doubUul of tlie the succe success s of so son sosaal < ; so13 0 0mt mt n ' saal 3.l 3l . ! a venture enture tenture \ , when at last she shetJ shefa sheK tJ fa ! } ff-oa ff oa lion Iron - over o.er oer . , tlirew threw herself "hole hole whole wholetiredly " \ \ holetar'edlj holetaredlj tiredly ' edJ.f edJf . Into lnto the detiils dehUs details of furnishingo furnishingtie furnlslung furnlclung furnishing ; o lit tie e tinge swge stage tctting setting tUng and fncident'lll\ fncident'lll fncidentlll inccdent'rlly inccdentrlly fncident'lllI1rrd Incidentillvtttcii inccdent'rllyaril ' ' ' \ " I1rrd aril Salf Smlf Smi ! both mone1nd monev mone\ mone money ' \ " ' ind 1nd and nnnoY1n annoying annoyingbass annoying&d8 annoyingd8 bass & j8 . ! ? In time the tie alliince nllhnce alliance of g-ood g ood good goodr1J11i33 goodfill - goodrtl fill r1J11i33 sas fa3 destined to work out to the thetlsutage the1 Urantage tlsutage rantage of or both Madame Georgetter GeorgetteL Georgettet4 Georgette GeorgetterU U t4 L her tenant , , neither hesltiting heslt'ltlng hesltltlng hesitating ' to'ttvmmend to'commend to iftfinniend 'ttvmmend ttvmmend 'commend commend ' ' the other othcr \ where \ here she nught might mightIt nughtIt mightlent It lent of c ; v u uce uceThe e " - Re The word Lovely Lo\ely Lo ely Lotely \ having an unforcote unfor ' iiute cote t3te connotation from tlie the Inccp fnccp lncep " t-noftheplan t noftheplan ito lncepito feiot - of the plan Smif Smlf hid h'ld hld had ' known kno\\n kno n \ \ thit th'1t th1t that ' to thatto e niDst mest mast take tale a business bu&lness bulness & name , and andt andr andtv t r v LaDj i411y andLaDj andi411y & ! she struck on the tbe mme n'lme nlme name ' Saltou Saltouin Saltouh Saltoukm h km ns ! In no known language It didtt didat did didnsean tt at nsean me3I mean ) anything nnjthlng but It sounded as ns h ash It " might and before she had ext'tted estted ex- ex es- es exStnif - t'tted ttted ' , tted Stnif Smlt Snit found herself launched , IS launchedIS launcheduyadame lHadame 1.f2dame 1f2dame uyadame . SaltouBer Saltouetrstaft Saltou SaltouBa etrstaft Ba Ber staff consisted of one small boy boyw&a boywa boyas .as as . as & dreFsed dre "ed ed " ed In to blick bhck black with w1tb wtth many manytinttons manyEibnttons Eibnttons tinttons battons A round bl'llded blllded braided bi ' tided cap of ofpeen ) tr peen green n poised over and one ear andbj andk4bya k4bya bj ' 'ra ra ' a pided gilded chin chm s strap rap . , lent him himesquenesb himnreSlueness ) In64 Inf.t Inlist 'MIresquenec MIresquenec nreSlueness ' esquenesb ; The dnnlnuti\e dnnlnuti e dllnlnutl\ dllnlnutl dllnlnutle diminutite \ \ e In f.t ft list ! . f.tTaS list1'as ' ButtonsL v&s vs TaS 1'as 1as & officially officiatly entitled Buttons L Buttonsentered eetered entered t into his duties dutIe ' . ! s " nith "lth lth ith en tatm ' 2 ! ffASn atm atmirhi m : irhi had bad seen little of her sisters sistersM hitlg " : " g her fpr period " "riod riod " of prepantlon prepanUon preparation and andg , V1ag M ng nothing of her activities theyJ theyt they J hCl k kng It tor for ' t tan ln granterJ granted grantedthere eranted . ; , there were none , has ? A or foolishorllad she had gl\en gl en grten S ' \ e " UP her foolish foollch ; bad orllad " 11 11or "aggcrited aggcrited exaggcr'lted exaggcrlted exaggerated ' her situation kill s like " & Smif Smlf ; to tIy . , out or of nothing make malee an ama71ng nmaring amazingnothing 'ttthe ttthe ' tru : y broughttterevFlatIon brought'ttthe broughte Doctor Stannard tannard who broughtI brought e gee I tterevFlatIon rerf'lation rerflation revelation ' He and his \ wife wife.to \ Ife t Y wifeY T , engaged tDgaged .to to . to dine at the ITim Ihm Him ITim'and 'and and ' S $ and he was called catted out pro flnl1y rally prorally y at al tho the list hst last : moment so that thatr thatto r ' 7 lfaS ag obliged to go on alonetEt alone tEt n.0 n0 came . me In ' " , howe\ howe howeer howeter cver \ er , before the thei I . , qih qih"ere 1'1 11 ' "ere ere " finishedI finishedfita finished ! ) I ' " fita fitaI fitaglad 1 . " glad ? rou you yo " "ereo't ereot weren't werent " en't ent ' detained , t I tglad H11 Is f ' "Ife Ife " fw . greeted srcctedhim him ' . w i ii i pe'greeted pegreeted , 'Nothingt 'Nothing Nothing Notbing 1 * ho ' . , . nope l , " "ort ort t "ortn lolln loll n " . ' n at t th hn . all alt h- h you ' " " - ml'ht mlht might , he tai taiag _ " say . " ag 1\ 1 \ 1I ' I it i the "fOOl fOOl fault "ere ere sere " hers hershi her " ! I hi , hiad adn y , o wants n a doctor to hold holdt ad adand d dy nnd and tell ell t ttya her tier ! she loot.s loots looks . young she did when she was nine fl flcry e ; cry time she dlsco\ dlsco discos dlscoers n ncry g of \ ers the be ofII ofa t that II a Wrinkle I\e I e I'te Ite ' ' \ always always"tt "tt tt " g ing hla at 8 a . man "as as \ " as JusUfied justified In ini 8 tlre i ? Qrtiysta ( tiW In ; tiresome , ' - ome " 10 pitlents I'ltlents Iltlents ( ' to psy sL and such people P e n . aa ai this ! FOItou aitoii I Iand tou Reeves neeves on . " Blanton ll1anton Is so . Cnli 1 f , , . . . 1fumhied lUlIlbI fumhied - 1 \ d e } ' OUt OUte In hIs pOcl pocket < et and andttt " 'E E cards'E 'ERase I > cardsI oantlJll - ttt ttta a coupl couple of cards thesea 'dtlsed dtlsed g'dtlsed 'dtlsedYo ' Rase g \Yo Yo ' \ me sev several ral of thes these atl a 1doUsed IDe me atl'Dot 'Dot Dot ' t to Use them , ; " ' he ice 6'11 611 said ' 1 < . , a aIDe ; e ekit I it , , ShP ht's hts psychoanal3st ' YclJoanal lal st . , as I underof under underi t s of kit kitht's n nt sortBig 1ust just a pon Poll3nnni ann'l annl ' sort i idaottoneople 11l 11lBig ! Big nnel and Jolly and fut fat . . " 'M M ' daottoneople n 18 people out of the'r ther thelr ' amy slily slilyt ons , I take It " t LL LLe e t 'Vas Vas ' 91 l dl bwaaeea bet betSwIft a SwIft ec.h'lnge ec.hlnge echlnge exchin ' ! . ' d dt a ot of offed tdf1JEPic fedietDlci fed td f1JEPic ietDlci f1JEPiceen n een had ehad the Sisters e A bor- bor borI - I struck them at the theeSt , . taAG taAGbiV 4 .lnsta lnsta . -eSt- eSt eSt4 - - 4 ' ' , Uo c eetoi eetoiI t C'l Cl ' jed ! for the c3rds cards and andh'U ando biV I + n nC'l e h'U hU h'UI ' to lucy lucyojtt I uc ucfor 9 9t1tl ojtt o > Yt J J1J 1J t1tl t1tlADIIr i MAD ! &vSAnou vSAnou t ( & 1ADA1iJE e SAI7UUe Sister ADIIr SAI'lQU SAIlQU SAI7UU ' V of the melt Iticti inchh meltb Itictih , "W W 000 " rifth I1fth b h AvenueTerlDS AvenueTerms Avenue Avenuernis TerlDS Terms rnis high blgh . . Special pec1al appointments , , double fees W LuW Watching criedWatching a crJeda Surely 'Surely feesSurely fees'Surely ' t c I Iey Hng her it's its ' , however hove\er hove er a , joke joker I ' " Lu Lucy ey crJed cried theflngers thelingers LaurasawXflngers \ , , Laura saw the flngers lingers that held the card tremble tremor and ando andat at once . Objectof bjof subjectof sl.lIIfully sllIIfully skillfully sullSllly dlslaissed dIsmissed thc the su subject bj ect of o \ Madnme l\Iadnme l Iadnme Madame Saitou Smtou . , Not till tm she went Into sis-teis sis teis slstel her sls- sls sis - - . tel tet s room to put on her wrap trap \ \ rap did didLucy Lucy find a dunce c11'1nCe c111nCe chince ' of or sharing sharmg her sus suspicious susprcions PICIOUS prcions suspiciousw , ' ' \w w lou \ ' don't dont for a moment think Itcan It lt can be Smif Smlf ? " 'Im Im ' I'm Im : ' afraid fxaid I (10 10 do ( " Laura . . ? ? ; ' , returned "Isn't Isnt returned"Isn't returnedIsnt returnedIsn " .T'1 .T1 T1 Isn ' t It . just tlie the sort of shetall htall thing s she h e e'It tall cd ed of at luncheon that ' das dav da\ da dal \ ? I 'It It ' If this Is ' v , what hat she's shes doing she . must shemust be stopped It would simply slmpIv e eI er'1ge en I r'1ge r1ge rige ennge enrige particularabout partlculrabout ' Cyril CyrJ1 I mean he Is so partlculr particular : about his Itwould professional standing It itwould would simply kill Idl1 him " "We're Were 1Ve're 1Vere " ' probably agltatln agitating " " oUlseh ourself es needlessly ouisehcsneedlessly esneedlessly " Laura patted her slster sister slsteron sisteron sisteron on her shoulder to reissure re'lssure relssure ' her "AnVa "Any Any "An An "Anwas " was wa3 "Anywa3 \Va Va \ toLouise , say nothing nothmg about It-especmlly It especmlly it-especially especially It - - especially to LOUIse ' I'll Ill ' see Smif tomorrow and find andfind out what she's shes ' dom doing . with herself herselfIt It " It"You'll withoutfalP Ithoutfall withoutfail "You'll Youll " ' see her tom tomorrow rrow v , without Ithout fall fail ? " " Lucy implored "I I " shan t havea ha"ea ha"e hae have " a hippy h'lPPY hlPPY ' moment until untn I know , ' you youknow know " "R R "Without Without "Rithout " " Jthout ithout fail fall , " Liun L'1ur1 L1ur1 Laura ' . promIsed promisedBut promIsednut nut But by the time shes she s , wis \s s is ' \ up and had hadtelephoned hadtelephoned hadteleplioned telephoned the Badminton ' Miss 1Iss Lotely Lotelyhad 1.0\ 1.0 1.0el . Lovelyhad \ el\ el elhnd \ " hnd had gone for the d'lYDJd dayDid diy d'lY dlY day diyDid ' Did DJd they . know I.now Inow where Miss Lovelv Lovely Lovelvcould Lovelycould Lovelvcould could be reached ? With WVttil deep regret , the clerk assurcd assured assurcdher assuredher assuredher her thit th'lt thlt that ' he did notI not notIiun I Iiun 'lur'1 lur1 Tura ' ' hung up She \ wished \ Ished she shecould shecould shecould could find Smif Smlf Theie Thelc Thete " was as nothing nothingmore nothingmore nothingmore more anno annoying " , mg thin th'ln thln than ' to be I kept ept In SlIS sus SlISIH suspease suspense pease IH nse And then the Wa3 wa ; ) to end th'lt thlt thit th'ltsuspc thitsuspense tintsuspense ' suspc suspense se occurred to her She tooI took tookup tookup . up the telephone again and 01 ordered orderedher olderedher de red redher her cir C'lr Clr ' She " would ould go to seeI'1dame see \I'1dame I'1dame I1dame Madame MadameSaitou ! \ MidameSattou MidameSattouOn I'1dameSaltou ' Saltou Saitou SaltouOn SaitouOn On the " ' way "ay ay 'say say to mike m'll.e mll.e mlle me ' . , her cill C'lll Clll call ' , , Laura Laurah'1d Laurahid Laurahid h'1d h1d hid ' time to reflect and nnd to sufTer suffer m'lny mlny many manyqualms m'lnyqualms minyqualms ' qualms Should \ Madime l\Iad'lme l Iad'lme Iadlme Madame ' Saitou Saltou prove provenot provenot provenot not to be Smif Smlf , what could she say to toher tohers toher7 hers her ? There " wis 'lS lS ' nothing nothmg she wanted wantedto wantedto to consult her about . , She Sbe finilly fin'lIly finlIly finally ' de- de decided decided de decided - - cided to asl ask . to ha\ ha have hae hate \ e her horoscope horoscopedrawn horoscopedrawn horoscopedrawn drawn It might be amusing , and 11 if ifMadame IfMadame ' Ma Madame ame Siltou S'1ltou S1ltou Siituu ' were not a horoscop horoscop1st horoscop1st horoscop1st 1st it \ would \ auld provide pronde ' in 'ln ln in easy escapeThe escapeTire escape escapeThe The Tire motor dreup drew dre\\ dre \ up as near to the thenumber thenumber thenumber number she hid h'ld hld ' given gl\"en gl "en en ' \ " as the cro crowd " d of ofcars ofcars ofcars cars pirked p\rked p rked ' \ at the tire curb would pel pet peimitShe mit mitShe mitShe She descended , and lociting loc'ltmg locltmg locitlng ' tlie the num number numher numher ber her she was searching sgarching s archlDg for on a t'lIl tlIl tall tallnarrow t'lIlnarrow tillnarrow ' narrow building , she walked walI.ed walIed . past pnst It Itt ittwice Ittwice t twice " ice before she entered the"eshbllJe the \"eshbllJe "eshbllJe eshbllJe vestibule "eshbllJelea vestibuleleading \ " vestibuleleading lea leading mg to the elevators eleators e1e'ators e1eators e1e'atorsShe ele\ ele elevatorsShe \ ' ators atorsbhe She bhe liad had recognl7edI'ldame recognized recognl7ed : \ Midame \I'ldame I'ldame Ildame Madame ' Georg Georgette's Georgette's Georgette's Georgettes ette's ettes ' shop , and Its pro\Imity pro Imity pro\lmity lmity proximity \ ' re'lS |