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A COOL RECEPTION. 75<br />

'* I hope I shall get through the thing<br />

pretty decently," he thought. " I wonder<br />

if she'll be considerate enough to help a<br />

fellow out at all. Whatever did they mean<br />

by showing me in <strong>her</strong>e ? I do n t believe I<br />

shall get over it half so well, with all this<br />

gilding and buhl staring me in the face, as<br />

I should have done in that cosy little den<br />

on the ot<strong>her</strong> side <strong>of</strong> the house. I wonder<br />

if Milly's in t<strong>her</strong>e, and if I shall be taken<br />

in to see <strong>her</strong> when I've got this over."<br />

Then Mrs. Eushington came in, but she<br />

was not the Mrs. Eushington with whom<br />

he had been on terms <strong>of</strong> such pleasant,<br />

friendly intercourse. She was chill, austere,<br />

and grave— it was Mrs. Rushington iced,<br />

w4th all <strong>her</strong> geniality and pleasantness<br />

gone. What did it all mean ? Why on<br />

earth did she give him only the tips <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>her</strong> fingers and seat <strong>her</strong>self with such<br />

majesty on one <strong>of</strong> the most throne-like <strong>of</strong><br />

the easy chairs ? And why did she look

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