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Chapter 42

           ButMartinrestoredtheblondetoJimmy,andthethreeofthem,withhalfadozenfriends,watchedtherevolvingcouplesandlaughedandjokedwithoneanother. EverybodywasgladtoseeMartinback. Nobookofhisbeenpublished; hecarriednofictitiousvalueintheireyes. Theylikedhimforhimself. Hefeltlikeaprincereturnedfromexcile,andhislonelyheartburgeonedinthegenialityinwhichitbathed. Hemadeamaddayofit,andwasathisbest. Also,hehadmoneyinhispockets,and,asintheolddayswhenhereturnedfromseawithapay-day,hemadethemoneyfly. 

           Once,onthedancing-floor,hesawLizzieConnollygobyinthearmsofayoungworkingman; and,later,whenhemadetheroundofthepavilion,hecameuponhersittingbyarefreshmenttable. Surpriseandgreetingsover,heledherawayintothegrounds,wheretheycouldtalkwithoutshoutingdownthemusic. Fromtheinstanthespoketoher,shewashis. Heknewit. Sheshoweditintheproudhumilityofhereyes,ineverycaressingmovementofherproudlycarriedbody,andinthewayshehunguponhisspeech. Shewasnottheyounggirlashehadknownher. Shewasawoman,now,andMartinnotedthatherwild,defiantbeautyhadimproved,losingnoneofitswildness,whilethedefianceandthefireseemedmoreincontrol. "Abeauty,aperfectbeauty,"hemurmuredadmiringlyunderhisbreath. Andheknewshewashis,thatallhehadtodowastosay"Come,"andshewouldgowithhimovertheworldwhereverheled. 

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