The Craze of Christina — page 61: what you’re looking at

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The Craze of Christina. 57 “olde shoppe’ once more on his way home. As soon as he could he made his escape from the house, but he found it impossible to do so without inviting the whole party over to Essel- ton. Maud was so anxious, she said, to see what George Jones was about—she might be able to give him a few judicious hints, might rectify some of his mistakes, and try to imbue him with a few new ideas. } “Oh, do let me come over and see!’’ she pleaded, clasping her hands gushingly together. Clifford turned to her mother. ‘“‘Perhaps you will bring Miss Ommaney over to tea one day, Mrs. Ommaney?’’ he murmured, not without a wild hope that the invitation © might be declined, but the ladies jumped at it, and Ada and “‘the rest’’ at once asked if they might not come too, and then scarcely waiting for his assent they proceeded to fix Saturday next for the visit. Clifford secretly wondered how Docker would _ take it, and shuddered as he thought of how he should best break it to him that he had invited five ladies to tea. Then as he walked away down the drive a sudden brilliant idea occurred to him—in for a penny, infor a pound! why should he not give a regular tea party? There were several rooms at Esselton that were still Comic loolks.eco