Ruby's Reward — page 150: what you’re looking at

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«J beg your pardon,’ she returned, dras- ing hack, and somewhat annoyed at his manner of appropriating her; bat I ain already envaged for the first quadrille.” | © Indeed) that is a disappomtment,” he said, biting his lips with vexation, both av the intelligence and her manner, ‘ but will you kindly allow me to look at your tablets ?” She handed them to him, and conkl not. fail to see the look of rage that shot into his eyes as he read Walter's name at the head of the list and again still farther on, besides one or two athers. “T am rather date it seems,” he remarked, inahad, dy tone J did not intend to | be so delinquent ; perhaps you will give me number tive.” Raby yvlanced at it, ‘©Oh, Mr Carpenter,” she objected, “ you know Udo not often waltz; please take a quadrille.” | He frowned slichtly, but wrote for a quedrille as she had requested, and handed back her tablets, just as Walter came for- ward to claim his partner. Edmund did not deivn to notice him ex- cept by a savage glance, which made Walter's blood tingle with indignation. But he was too happy ta allow anything to trouble him long in Ruby's presence, and, leading her to where aset of young people were forming, he gave himsclf up to the enjoyment of the hour, “T want to thank you for making me promise to come early, Miss Gordon, I feel almost as if L bad come into an_en- chanted palace,” Walter said in a low, earnest tone, while they were resting during one of the changes; ‘‘and,” he added, “this will be one of the red-letter evenings of iny fife.” comicbooks.com