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An Unsocial Socialist

CHAPTER XIV
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You doubt me; we have brought society to such a state that we all suspect one another.

But whatever is true will command belief sooner or later from those who have wit enough to comprehend truth.

Now let me recall Miss Lindsay to consciousness by remarking that we have been out for ten minutes, and that our hostess is not the woman to allow our absence to pass without comment." "Let us go in.

Thank you for reminding me." "Thank you for forgetting." Erskine heard their footsteps retreating, and presently saw the two enter the glow of light that shone from the open window of the billiard room, through which they went indoors.

Trefusis, a man whom he had seen that day in a beautiful landscape, blind to everything except a row of figures in a Blue Book, was his successful rival, although it was plain from the very sound of his voice that he did not--could not--love Gertrude.


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