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Tenterhooks

CHAPTER XI
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And what price _The Queen, Horrie Notes, or The Tatler_ ?' 'Oh, we have those too--for Bruce.' 'And does Archie show any of this morbid desire for journalism ?' 'Oh yes.

He takes in _Chums and Little Folks_.' 'And I see you're reading _Rhythm_.

That's Vincy's fault, of course.' 'Perhaps it is.' 'How do you find time for all this culture ?' 'I read quickly, and what I have to do I do rather quickly.' 'Is that why you never seem in a hurry?
I think you're the only leisured-looking woman I know in London.' 'I do think I've solved the problem of labour-saving; I've reduced it to a science.' 'How ?' 'By not working, I suppose.' 'You're wonderful.

And that blue....' 'Do you really think so ?' He was beginning to get carried away.

He stood up and looked out of the window.


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