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House of Mirth

CHAPTER 13
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CHAPTER 13.
Lily woke from happy dreams to find two notes at her bedside.
One was from Mrs.Trenor, who announced that she was coming to town that afternoon for a flying visit, and hoped Miss Bart would be able to dine with her.

The other was from Selden.

He wrote briefly that an important case called him to Albany, whence he would be unable to return till the evening, and asked Lily to let him know at what hour on the following day she would see him.
Lily, leaning back among her pillows, gazed musingly at his letter.

The scene in the Brys' conservatory had been like a part of her dreams; she had not expected to wake to such evidence of its reality.

Her first movement was one of annoyance: this unforeseen act of Selden's added another complication to life.


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