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Marriage a la mode

CHAPTER II
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"Well, you see, American girls are not like English ones.

We don't pretend not to know what everybody knows." "Of course," said Roger hurriedly; "but you wouldn't think it a fair and square thing to do ?" "Think what ?" "Why, to marry a man, and then talk of divorcing him because people didn't invite you to their parties." "She was very unhappy," said Daphne stubbornly.
"Well, by Jove!" cried the young man, "she doesn't look very happy now!" "No," Miss Floyd admitted.

"No.

There are many people who think she'll never get over it." "Well, I give it up." The Apollo shrugged his handsome shoulders.

"You say it was she who proposed to divorce him ?--yet when the wretched man removes himself, then she breaks her heart!" "Naturally she didn't mean him to do it in that way," said the girl, with impatience.


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