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The Common Law

CHAPTER IV
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Good night." "Good night, Valerie." "Louis!" "What ?" "You say the golden-cloud machinery isn't working ?" "It seems to have slipped a cog." "Oh! I thought you might have mended it and that--perhaps--I had better not leave my window open." "That cloud is warranted to float through solid masonry." "You alarm me, Kelly." "I'm sorry, but the gods never announce their visits." "I know it....

And I suppose I must sleep in a dinner gown.

When one receives a god it's a full-dress affair, isn't it ?" He laughed, not mistaking her innocent audacity.
"Unexpected Olympians must take their chances," he said.

"...

Are you sleepy ?" "Fearfully." "Then I won't keep you--" "But I hope you won't be rude enough to dismiss me before I have a chance to give you your _conge_!" "You blessed child.


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