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The Common Law

CHAPTER IV
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Harry Annan is frankly crazy about her, and his sister Alice is scared to death.

Mr.Ogilvy, Mr.Burleson, Clive Gail, dozens of men I know are quite mad about her....

If it was she whom you used as model for the figures in the Byzantine decorations, she is divine--the loveliest creature to look at! And I don't care, Louis; I don't care a straw one way or the other except that I know you have never bothered with the more or less Innocently irregular gaieties which attract many men of your age and temperament.

And so--when I hear that you are frequently seen--" "Frequently ?" "Is that St.Regis affair the only one ?" "No, of course not.

But, as for my being with her frequently--" "Well ?" He was silent for a moment, then, looking up with a laugh: "I like her immensely.


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