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Chapter 33

           WelunchedattheSavoy,andamusedourselveswithnotingthetownnoodlesoffashiontheinaneyoungmaninthestocksofthestiffhighcollar,andwearingthemanaclesofequallystiffandexaggeratedcuffs,averitableprisonerinthedockofsillycustomthefrivolousfoolofawoman,paintedandpowdered,withfalsehairanddyedeyebrows,tryingtolookasmuchlikeapaidcourtezanaspossibletheelderlymatron,skippingforwardonhighheels,andattemptingbytheassumptionofjuvenileairsandgracestocoverupandconcealtheobtrusivefactsofatooobviouspaunchandoverlappingbosomthewould-bedandyand‘beau’ofseventy,strangelypossessedbyyouthfuldesires,andmanifestingthesamebygoat-likecaperingsattheheelsofyoungmarriedwomen;theseandsuch-likecontemptibleunitsofacontemptiblesocialswarm,passedbeforeuslikepuppetsatacountryfair,andarousedusinturntolaughterordisdain.Whileweyetlingeredoverourwine,amancameinalone,andsatdownatthetablenexttoours;hehadwithhimabook,which,aftergivinghisordersforluncheon,heatonceopenedatamarkedplaceandbegantoreadwithabsorbedattentionIrecognisedthecoverofthevolumeandknewittobeMavisClare’s"Differences."AhazefloatedbeforemysightasensationofrisingtearswasinmythroatIsawthefairface,earnesteyes,andsweetsmileofMavisthatwoman-wearerofthelaurel-crownthatkeeperoftheliliesofpurityandpeace.

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