A Fair Fraud — page 126: what you’re looking at

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A Fair Fraud 115 him. It was odd, altogether, how much she did believe in this man, considering how short a time she had known him, and how entirely she disapproved of his views and methods. But she had not had time yet to cross-question herself about the complexity of her sensations in this purely personal matter, so she put it on one sile for the present, and determined not to think about it. The first event of the morning was that Mrs Lane came fluttering into Mrs Drury's boudoir just as Marion was laying down the Times newspaper at the conclusion of her reading. The word ‘fluttering’ is used ad- visedly, for it exactly describes the lady’s movements. She was in a pretty flutter of suppressed excitement. Her eyes shone with eagerness ; her white hands were uplifted with quick and petulant gestures; the very ribbons on her dress seemed to be in a tremor as she entered. ‘Oh, dear, dear Mrs Drury! might we— may we--ask to be allowed a great treat? Would you consent? Would you be so very kind, I wonder ?’ ‘What am I to consent to, Mrs Lane?’ inquired Mrs Drury, rather bewildered by this incomprehensible onslaught. ‘Anything I can do, I am sure, I shall be only too happy—any- thing in the world!’ GOMMGIOO <S (GO)