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OVER THE OLD GROUND.
A man who never makes mistakes never makes anything else either.
Miss Millicent Chyne was vaguely conscious of success--and such a consciousness is apt to make the best of us a trifle elated.

It was certainly one of the best balls of the season, and Miss Chyne's dress was, without doubt, one of the most successful articles of its sort there.
Jack Meredith saw that fact and noted it as soon as he came into the room.

Moreover, it gratified him, and he was pleased to reflect that he was no mean critic in such matters.

There could be no doubt about it, because he KNEW as well as any woman there.