Mrs. Bob: A Novel — page 259: what you’re looking at

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WHICH WILL WIN? 251 ‘“VYes; cast your left optic up yonder under the first gallery—dress circle or whatever you call it. Look beside that pillar—it half screens her. Now she bends forward—what do you see?”? “Josephine.” “T thought so. Well, she’s in it for keeps. She hates your wife, and intends doing everything in her power to bring ruin upon her. Hence this compact with the plotters. You will receive a surprise before the bells of New York toll the midnight hour—sur- prise at the boldness with which these allies play their game—perhaps a small amount of the same for the manner in which I bring them to book, for the snare is set, the trap baited, and when the time comes to pull the string some one is going to be caught.”’ All of which is interesting to Bob, because one who holds his heart is so deeply involved in the outcome of the game. ‘(They grow restless as the time draws nearer— their signals are exchanged more rapidly. I believe the woman has been watching us—trust her sharp eyes for discovering our presence—and is endeavor- ing to transmit her knowledge to the men, who have been so busily engaged watching that box as to find no time for a sweeping survey of the house, and hence have failed to see us.”’ “Vou are right—they look this way and show some signs of excitement. ’’ “T see you have discovered my way of watching them without causing alarm—that large mirror on the wall does the business. They have failed to count on our presence, but don’t imagine for a moment Gomicbookssco im