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Beyond the City

CHAPTER X
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We are reducing all her other views to practice, and we must not shirk this one.
"But what would you do?
Oh, don't look so wicked, Ida! You look like some evil little fairy, with your golden hair and dancing, mischievous eyes.

I know that you are going to propose something dreadful!" "We must give a little supper to-night." "We?
A supper!" "Why not?
Young gentlemen give suppers.

Why not young ladies ?" "But whom shall we invite ?" "Why, Harold and Charles of course." "And the Admiral and Mrs.Hay Denver ?" "Oh, no.

That would be very old-fashioned.

We must keep up with the times, Clara." "But what can we give them for supper ?" "Oh, something with a nice, fast, rollicking, late-at-night-kind of flavor to it.


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