[The Reason Why by Elinor Glyn]@TWC D-Link bookThe Reason Why CHAPTER XVIII 3/14
Will you tell me what theaters you have not already seen? We can go somewhere every night, and in the daytime you have perhaps shopping to do; and--I know Paris quite well.
I can amuse myself." Zara did not feel enthusiastically grateful, but she said, "Thank you," in a quiet voice, and Tristram, rang the bell and asked for the list of the places of amusement, and in the most stiff, self-contained manner he chose, with her, a different one for every night. Then he lit a cigar deliberately, and walked towards the door. "Good-night, Milady," he said nonchalantly, and then went out. And Zara sat still by the table and unconsciously pulled the petals off an unoffending rose; and when she realized what she had done she was aghast! It was not until about five o'clock the next day that he came into the sitting-room again. _Milor_ had gone to the races, and had left a note for _Miladi_ in the morning, the maid had said. And Zara, as she lay back on her pillows, had opened it with a strange thrill. "You won't be troubled with me to-day," she read.
"I am going out with some old friends to Maisons Liafitte.
I have said you want to rest from the journey, as one has to say something.
I have arranged for us to dine at the Cafe de Paris at 7:30, and go to the Gymnase.
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