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The New Queen of the Home

           Sheslippedintoitwonderingly,critically,whileFadetteworkedattheback,thearms,aboutherknees,doingonelittleessentialthingafteranother.

           "Oh,Madame!"sheexclaimed."Oh,charmant!Zehair,itgoweethitperfect.Iteessofull,sobeyutifulhere"—shepointedtothehips,wherethelaceformedaclingingbasque."Oh,teesvaree,vareenize."

           Aileenglowed,butwithscarcelyasmile.Shewasconcerned.Itwasn’tsomuchhertoilet,whichmustbeeverythingthatitshouldbebutthisMr.Addison,whowassorichandinsociety,andMr.Rambaud,whowasverypowerful,Franksaid,mustlikeher.Itwasthenecessitytoputherbestfootforwardnowthatwasreallytroublingher.Shemustinterestthesemenmentally,perhaps,aswellasphysically,andwithsocialgraces,andthatwasnotsoeasy.ForallhermoneyandcomfortinPhiladelphiashehadneverbeeninsocietyinitsbestaspects,hadneverdonesocialentertainingofanyrealimportance.Frankwasthemostimportantmanwhohadevercrossedherpath.NodoubtMr.Rambaudhadasevere,old-fashionedwife.Howwouldshetalktoher?AndMrs.Addison!Shewouldknowandseeeverything.Aileenalmosttalkedoutloudtoherselfinaconsolingwayasshedressed,sostrenuouswereherthoughts;butshewenton,addingthelasttouchestoherphysicalgraces.

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