The Opposite House: A Novel — page 267: what you’re looking at

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262 The Opposite House. Marie, with sparkling eyes, fastened the order on his breast. The countless hights in the chandelier glittered above them, while the sounds and scents around them seemed like the joyous greeting of peace. “ And I may come to-morrow ’” asked Traugott, with beaming eyes. He led hispartner back to her mother. ‘ May I say ‘till we meet again?’ ”’ Then a pair of blue eyes smiled at him, and rosy lips whispered : “Till we meet again.” Count Hasso hastily swallowed a glass of cham- pagne, and leaned thoughtfully against the side- board. “This paying court is arisky matter,” he thought. “T’ll end it to-morrow. ‘The poor girl suffered terrible anxiety about me to-night, and trembled for my life. Well, she shall be rewarded.” This was Count Hasso’s resolve CoOmicboolk<s