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The President

CHAPTER XVI
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She translated Mr.Harley's haggard looks at a glance; he was losing money.

Legislation, or stocks, or both, were going the wrong way; but in legislation, or stocks, or both, or the way they went, Mrs.
Hanway-Harley refused to have an interest.

If Mr.Harley had lost money, Mr.Harley must make some more; that was all.
In divining Dorothy's griefs, Mrs.Hanway-Harley showed even greater ingenuity.

Dorothy and Richard had quarreled; Mrs.Hanway-Harley was sharp to note that now she neither saw nor heard of Richard.

Also, Dorothy came to the dinner table when Storri was there, and neither fled to her room nor called Bess to her shoulder on hearing that nobleman's name announced.


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