Show AT THE PLAY allow ew funny to bo be herewith hero with youl aid said she he lie started the phrase jirred jarred him it was at once inapplicable and allied lie ile turned to her with a pained expression delightful perfect I 1 entertaining he could have condon coudon ed expressions fu fb as these common place as they would undoubtedly have been A man may be tender toward a WO bomin a rhapsodies about ber her lover when that lover is himself but buie 4 tunny I 1 oh oh ell oh ob I 1 she clutched his arm I 1 bat funny people 1 the ills fatal ad ejective again I 1 this time he winced winced twice deliberately lest lost ehe she should mistake the first sig signal nalof of die dis tress as a mere physical infirmity she continued quickly I 1 that reminds lae me 1 I don t 1 know v why by it reminds me we but it does force of habit babit perhaps because he hates bad ly turned out a N omen eo don dsupin is ap in town might did yon you know I 1 wonder iwonder if we shall come across him i on mean lord kilmore a 8 younger bout itou on remember don iier falance meeting his full showed some surprise at bis big obvious ill III temper she put her band out hurriedly with a pretty unaffected gesture gei ture of sympathy dearl dear I 1 I 1 ou re not ill nothing irritates a man whose liver is out of order eo go much as being re minded of the fact the deepening curves at chinnock a mouth grew post lively rigid with irritation of course not ig Is anything ever the matter with mea me how your imagination rune away with you dear dearest estl the dearest was a dutiful concession to the situation but somehow she shrank irom it her ardor chilled the leen keenness riess t f her enjoyment marred already we have still ten en minutes to wait before the curtain nes n ii es be said he ile regretted aie big customary after dinner coffee bat if I 1 took tool the he op ty y of explaining to you ho the motif of the play it is a trifle complex I 1 would be hind kind cf yon you she said witha with a little smile emile but not ing her eyes showed some disappoint merit as the scanned the house bhe blie was longing to speak the sweet badali ties to which most lovers find it pleasant to listen to make her bright litti little comments and butterfly criticisms to sip to its full the evening a cup of eva nascent enjoyment enoy ment to lie in a word herself the creature of tho the moment and hie his own she had bad looked forward to tonight the first of her emancipation with rapturous excitement it will be al most as good as being his wife ghobad she had confided to the married sister under whose chaperonage she was spending the 24 hours in town which broke her journey between her Gloucester shire vis via it and her travels farther north to have him all to myself tor a whole even ing I 1 to feel that I 1 really belong to him as he belongs tome 0 o me I 1 caa can you imagine anything more perfect lady guthrie could easily but the she did not say so she bad had only met chin nock once and he impressed her as a prig and a bore and margot a angry disclaimers could not alter her sister a opinion you have to marry him not 11 II I 1 she eaid said comfortably what does it matter what I 1 think ilea he s well off which is something eom ething at least yon you con can congratulate yourself so far no one can patronize you your women friends wont won t be able to pass louon you on theiron their un becoming last year a clothing nor their husbands tale stale tobacco yon you re prejudiced I 1 margot replied all sisters are which in a sense was true for lady guthrie a sympathy was openly ly cn enlisted listed on behalf of the scapegrace of the kilmore family young don garrick Garri cli who had adored margot since ebe she trespassed barefacedly and barefoot in the kilmore deer forest as a little child but margot having eye thematically dominated him for 18 years already felt the pleasure might pall if long continued he ile has been so much to me au all my life it woold would be boring for lafa to become more stilL during the reet rest of it I 1 know him so go will too 0 well she alle said in excuse for her cold heartedness beart edness but at objections such as these lady guthrie hook shook her head in tern stern disclaimer wait will t ghe she eald fuld sagely I 1 wait walt 11 and margot waited tonight for the tho first time she saw something of the reverse side of her new picture the canvas back was it disloyal to wish that air mir chinnock be bayed more as one expects a lover to behave eves even in public that he should show boine some sort of open aride of posses eion of glad proprietorship in the row immediately in front of them there waa was a gay ay absorbed young couple chatting laughing looking emiling reading their own wan tender meanings into the moat most trivial incidents of the evening margot target watched them fascinated in fit spite of herself how ilow differently they behaved from herself and her ter lover I 1 the min man leaned loaned slightly forward he had bad got it badly don would have eaid said lvery now and then his coat sleeve the little immovable white gloved hand next bin bi an all I 1 lingered t f r moment margot argot tender abstracted it was eo so pretty i natural it woke her sympathy an I 1 cave gave her a pleasant little feeling of oom cent almon unconsciously elu herself moved a little closer are you attending margot I 1 don t believe you ve beard heard a word I 1 ve said margot started her cheeka aflame and to bia in generous apology 0 ik r fjor fawlk r 1 dear I 1 in so go sorry how drea ibur of nie die its nil rill re frea fresh and new nud and NN won on delful to me ou see I 1 in a bit matter beamed brich intelligence BS as I 1 liae la is lin cited to oi 01 ly taking in one thing at a time tell sue all about it again I 1 11 II listen truly do forgive me aid 1 pleasia her g broko down een chin uin nock a in hut but bis big shirt froat I 1 aked extraordinarily stiff and starch e el I 1 and nud white rather lilo like polished td mar bl ble blie bile thought or as it only ma macho oliell aud margot moved instinct hely a I 1 tt it farther from him as he con tinned foremost ost in the ranks of our latter day antini ta james leo stands unequaled she it was who practically founded tie new school she atoll brania Is alone her disciples imitate laboriously her brilliant dialogue her scintillating epigram her the girl repeated vaguely her why do you ezeak of him as her surely ho be is a man do 3 ou on mean he be asked Is it possible that a living woman exists who does not recognize the supreme tact fact that this one of our greatest writers I 1 had almo it said our one great writer hen ored her sex by belonging to it I 1 never realized that to belong to either sex was a question of one a own margot eaid said I 1 did not know that james lee hoey was a NN oman and what Is more I 1 in notes not cs specially ally proud of the fact I 1 don t ad mire her she is cynical and bard hard and morbid I 1 like rhoda broughton far far fair better I 1 love her in tact fact ehe ebe a BO so human and mrs hungerford and dear mrs mys clifford and beatrice ill harraden and und heaps of others she choked a little in her excitement trying to keep leep back her fears it was nas all so trivial but she had been petted and made much of or ell all through her hap py IS 18 years year her criticism critic ibm askel her opinion I 1 to and now ed hurt suffer buffering ilig she shrank away from him ills ilia kiss on greeting had boid born been col eel I 1 his kiss on parting might rea real onal ly be expected to be frigid she site sat in outward quietude her leid lead averted her ber thoughts tumultuous it if this was the beginning whit what oh oil what would the end boa bo when the cur tain roae at length it was a relief but the relief pa sed when it fell again if an hour of him was so trying what x bat aou 1 a lifetime pro proe e at the second act he be left her to have n cigarette in the foyer she be sat listle listlessly sly NN what hat a tool fool abe she had bad been I 1 what a mistake she ha ba I 1 made I 1 was it irrevocable 9 one a peo pie knew something after all so 90 much she mufit admit slie bad had thought him cultivated charming they had bad met on a northern visit vint and he be ha ba I 1 been out deer stalking all day at night he was too tired to prose overmuch an I 1 his big had passed for culture binco their engagement they 1 ad met for the most part at big functions and there it happened that until tonight they ha ba I 1 relly seca remarkably little of each other and what an awakening tonight bad had brought I 1 she held her pro gramme in ili her hand looking at it with aits eing eye how blurred it wa wit how like her future life would be lived out ont with him I 1 1 shadow crossed the page she look ed up A well remembered presence made itself felt margot margott I 1 crying she sprang prang to her feet gladly tn tri antly catching with her two bands hands at the firm protecting fingers which gripped here oh ob don she said brokenly take me back 1 please take me home before he cornea comes again dear I 1 can t bland b him im any anymore more talk denser se don tell me I 1 m dripping ripping and a brick an I 1 jolly in all the rest of the dear delightful slangy terms and oh ell don it if you love me dear make love to me real loe loie for always I 1 don t ever eer er be culter ed or superior if I 1 love yon you I 1 he said and before the look of his eyes her ou fell fall but ft it did not matter for he took her home ladies field |