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One point was that she was to wear fancy dress in the likeness of a
Corsair’s bride, and the other was that she was to spend whatever vestiges of the
night remained after the dance was over in London with the Widgett girls and a
select party in “quite a decent little hotel” near Fitzroy Square. ’
‘Why did you not claim it yourself?’ asked Gerald. A hush descended across the audience as instruments
tuned, creating small ladders of fifths that collapsed
abruptly, snatches of solos that disappeared and
reappeared like gags in a house of mirrors. A silence ensued. But he did not follow on with the thought. The strong
fingers of one hand secured both her wrists there, and Melusine found herself
chest to chest with him as he threw off his hat, and began to pat at her petticoat,
searching for tell-tale protrusions. ’”
“What did he say?”
“What does any one say to an invitation to dinner point-blank? One tries to
collect one’s wits. "You'll not be offended, I hope," returned Wood, drily, "if I say that your voice,
your manner, and, above all, your very extraordinary way of laughing, put me
strangely in mind of one of the 'droll dogs,' (as you term them,) who helped to
perpetrate the outrage I've just described. She had never had a pet, never had a real
doll. Melusine gave herself a little mental shake.
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