Ruby's Reward — page 143: what you’re looking at

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of her aiter having escorted her party home from the theatre. “Yes, I had pinged to come for a little while,” he replied, with quickened heart- throbs, as he looked into the lovely eyes raised with such eager questioning to Lis. “ For a little while!" she repeated, in a disappointed tone. ‘Oh, I hoped you would come early, and stay through the whole. Weare to have a delightful time. You know the stable is but just finished—- all but the stalls and boxes—and Robert has had it beautifully decorated, and an awning extended from the house to it, and we are to dance there. You dance, do you not?” “T used to.” ** And is the experience so far in the dim past that you have forgotten how ?’ Ruby asked, archly. “No, indeed, and I enjoy dancing very much; but my life has been such during the last few years that Ihave had no op- | portunity to exercise my accomplishments | in that line.” “Then a little tripping of the ‘light fantastic’ will refresh your memory and do you good.” “But I shall be a stranger to almost | everyone hore.” _ comisbooks.com