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The Common Law

CHAPTER XII
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Nobody seems to mind my being a model.
Perhaps they _have_ taken merely a passing fancy to me and are exhibiting me to each other as a wild thing just captured and being trained--" She laughed--"but they do it so pleasantly that I don't mind....

And anyway, the Countess d'Enver is genuine; I am sure of that." "A genuine countess ?" "A genuine woman, sincere, lovable, and kind--I am becoming very fond of her....

Do you mind my abandoning you for an afternoon now and then?
Because it _is_ nice to have as a friend a woman older and more experienced." "Does that mean you're going off with her this afternoon ?" "I _was_ going.

But I won't if you feel that I'm deserting you." He laid aside his palette and went over to where she was standing.
"You darling," he said, "go and drive in the Park with your funny little friend." "She was going to take me to the Plaza for tea.

There are to be some very nice women there who are interested in the New Idea Home." She added, shyly, "I have subscribed ten dollars." He kissed her, lightly, humorously.


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