Mrs. Bob: A Novel — page 86: what you’re looking at

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78 THE MAN WHO WORE THH WHITE PRIMROSE. and Gypsy’s maid, a sedate creature, devoted to the interests of her eccentric mistress. And after one stop at a country town over nght, they reach the city of Denver the second afternoon. BOOK TWoO. In the Whirl at Denver. CHAPTER IX. THE MAN WHO WORE THE WHITE PRIMROSE. Two nights later Bob Pemberton might be noticed wandering about in the rotunda of one of Denver’s best hotels, his manner uneasy as though he has fresh trouble on his mind. Itis the same Bob whom we saw coolly light a weed while the gray tiger cat was crouching for a spring, at the time he was lost in the woods, though one might: hardly guess his identity, since the outlandish garb of a mighty Nimrod has been exchanged for the clothes of daily life. Now and then he glances up at the hotel clock - with a frown, as though he suspects that. it must have stopped altogether, or else an extra weight is attached to the pendulum. Surely the minutes were never so long. His impatience is suspicious—it means one of two things—either Bob has an appointment GEomichbooksreo im