The Craze of Christina — page 102: what you’re looking at

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Sec ea ec ee 08 The Craze of Christina: making his way back to the large hall in obe- dience to Mrs. Bruhen’s suggestion that he should go and make himself agreeable for a few moments to the old Countess of Bayford, who in spite of her eighty years was still the greatest and most respected lady in the county, +hat, looking across the sea of plumed hats and jewel-studded toques, he perceived a new and late arrival at the farther end of the hall, Docker was just ushering in a slender young lady in a serge costume, who wore a sailor hat trimmed simply with a scarlet ribbon. Mrs. Bruhen lifted her long tortoise shell handled eyeglasses. ‘Who on earth can this bs?’’ she murmured, The noise in the hall was so great that the name announced was inaudible. Several wom- en turned their heads and stared, but nobody took the faintest notice of the newcomer. Clifford made no answer, but he quickenea his pace. “Be careful, Mr. Clifford,’’ said Nora, below her voice to him. “It must be some outsider trying to force her way in uninvited. I never saw the girl in my life. I have no doubt ghe is ~ one of those women who send garbled accounts of fashionable gatherings to the society papers. [ am told these creatures push their way ia Comicbooks.com)