The Craze of Christina — page 33: what you’re looking at

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The Craze of Christina. 29 dream of settling things without your authority. That’s why I want you to come back and lunch. Wiil you?”’ Clifford thought of lunch alone-—lunch with Docker behind his chair—to escape even for one hour from Docker was a gain. He accepted the invitation. No sooner had he done so than he was accosted by Mrs. Bruhen. “‘Look here, Mr. Clifford, I’m going up to town to-morrow, and I want you to come up with me. I—will take you round to all the best art decorators, and I will help you to choose all the papers and dadoes, you know—l’ll tell you what to get. I’ve moved house twice in the last two years, and I understand a lot about doing up houses, and everybody says my taste is excellent. Wecould go up by the ten o’clock train, and we could lunch somewhere you know — perhaps you would give me lunech?”’ “‘Oh, certainly, with the greatest pleasure, anywhere you like,”’ said Clifford, politely.. “Thanks, we'll say the Savoy, then. That will be handy for the Strand shops.”’ “Don’t you be in such a hurry,” broke in Miss Ashley, earnestly; ‘“‘don’t take anybody’s advice till you have looked round for yourself, Mr. Clifford! I ought to know—better far than COnpPIC OOKSsCGO