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A FAREWELL.
Since called The Paradise of Fools, to few unknown.
Having been taught to take all the chances and changes of life with a well-bred calmness of demeanour, Jack Meredith turned the teaching against the instructor.

He pursued the course of his social duties without appearing to devote so much as a thought to the quarrel which had taken place in the conservatory.

His smile was as ready as ever, his sight as keen where an elderly lady looked hungry, his laughter as near the surface as society demands.

It is probable that Sir John suffered more, though he betrayed nothing.