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The Net

           PenningtonDrury:"ThatofBevyFleming!Whosaysso?Idon’tbelieveit.Ilikeheranyhow.TheideaoftheHaggertyscuttingher—dullfools!Well,shecanbemyguest,thedearthing,aslongasshepleases.Asthoughhermother’scareerreallyaffectedher!"

           Nevertheless,intheworldofthedullrich—thosewhoholdtheirownbymightofpossession,conformity,owl-eyedsobriety,andignorance—BevyFleminghadbecomepersonanongrata.Howdidshetakeallthis?Withthatairofsuperiorconsciousnesswhichknowsthatnoshiftofoutermaterialill-fortunecandetractonejotfromaninwardmentalsuperiority.Thetrulyindividualknowthemselvesfromthebeginningandrarely,ifever,doubt.Lifemayplayfastandlooseaboutthem,runninglikearacing,destructivetideinandout,buttheythemselvesarelikearock,still,serene,unmoved.BevyFlemingfeltherselftobesoimmenselysuperiortoanythingofwhichshewasapartthatshecouldaffordtoholdherheadhighevennowJustthesame,inordertoremedythesituationshenowlookedaboutherwithaneyesingletoapossiblesatisfactorymarriage.Braxmarhadgoneforgood.HewassomewhereintheEast—inChina,sheheard—hisinfatuationforherapparentlydead.KilmerDuelmawasgonealso—snappedup—anacquisitiononthepartofoneofthosefamilieswhodidnotnowreceiveher.

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