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Chapter XIX. A Concert a Catastrophe and a Confession

           “You’vegottheloveliestcolor.”

           Theprogramthatnightwasaseriesof“thrills”foratleastonelistenerintheaudience,and,asAnneassuredDiana,everysucceedingthrillwasthrillierthanthelast.WhenPrissyAndrews,attiredinanewpink-silkwaistwithastringofpearlsabouthersmoothwhitethroatandrealcarnationsinherhair—rumorwhisperedthatthemasterhadsentallthewaytotownforthemforher—“climbedtheslimyladder,darkwithoutonerayoflight,”Anneshiveredinluxurioussympathy;whenthechoirsang“FarAbovetheGentleDaisies”Annegazedattheceilingasifitwerefrescoedwithangels;whenSamSloaneproceededtoexplainandillustrate“HowSockerySetaHen”Annelaugheduntilpeoplesittingnearherlaughedtoo,moreoutofsympathywithherthanwithamusementataselectionthatwasratherthreadbareeveninAvonlea;andwhenMr.PhillipsgaveMarkAntony’sorationoverthedeadbodyofCaesarinthemostheart-stirringtones—lookingatPrissyAndrewsattheendofeverysentence—AnnefeltthatshecouldriseandmutinyonthespotifbutoneRomancitizenledtheway.

           Onlyonenumberontheprogramfailedtointeresther.WhenGilbertBlytherecited“BingenontheRhine”AnnepickedupRhodaMurray’slibrarybookandreadituntilhehadfinished,whenshesatrigidlystiffandmotionlesswhileDianaclappedherhandsuntiltheytingled.

           Itwaselevenwhentheygothome,satedwithdissipation,butwiththeexceedingsweetpleasureoftalkingitalloverstilltocome.Everybodyseemedasleepandthehousewasdarkandsilent.

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