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After the Race

           ThepartywastodinetogetherthateveninginSegouin’shoteland,meanwhile,Jimmyandhisfriend,whowasstayingwithhim,weretogohometodress.ThecarsteeredoutslowlyforGraftonStreetwhilethetwoyoungmenpushedtheirwaythroughtheknotofgazers.Theywalkednorthwardwithacuriousfeelingofdisappointmentintheexercise,whilethecityhungitspaleglobesoflightabovetheminahazeofsummerevening.

           InJimmy’shousethisdinnerhadbeenpronouncedanoccasion.Acertainpridemingledwithhisparents’trepidation,acertaineagerness,also,toplayfastandlooseforthenamesofgreatforeigncitieshaveatleastthisvirtue.Jimmy,too,lookedverywellwhenhewasdressedand,ashestoodinthehallgivingalastequationtothebowsofhisdresstie,hisfathermayhavefeltevencommerciallysatisfiedathavingsecuredforhissonqualitiesoftenunpurchaseable.Hisfather,therefore,wasunusuallyfriendlywithVillonaandhismannerexpressedarealrespectforforeignaccomplishments;butthissubtletyofhishostwasprobablylostupontheHungarian,whowasbeginningtohaveasharpdesireforhisdinner.

           Thedinnerwasexcellent,exquisite.Segouin,Jimmydecided,hadaveryrefinedtaste.ThepartywasincreasedbyayoungEnglishmannamedRouthwhomJimmyhadseenwithSegouinatCambridge.Theyoungmensuppedinasnugroomlitbyelectriccandlelamps.Theytalkedvolublyandwithlittlereserve.

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