Should She Have Left Him? — page 158: what you’re looking at

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ee errs, ae aa 5 MRS. DEEKMAN'S DINNER. 145 but watching his vzs-d-vis, thought she was adopt- ing ingenious means to end a conversation distaste- ful to her. “One would suppose,” said Mrs. Beestonmy very heavily from her side of the table, “that the pecu- liar position of poor Mrs. Trescotte would excite not only your interest but your sympathy, Mrs. Trevor- Allen.” “Ah,” replied that young lady with a very dan- gerous baby stare, “to which do you refer? The Swiss—I won’t say bell ringer again, Mrs. Deekman —the Swiss Mrs. Trescotte or the New York Mrs. Trescotte ?” “I think there can be no question as to which I mean—the Mrs. Trescotte who has been brought upamong us,” replied Mrs. Beestonmy, with the air of one who had sat heavily upon an offender. “Qh, yes,” responded Mrs. Trevor-Allen, not at all abashed by the fact that all the conversation at the table was suspended to listen to the covert duel. “So I should, and for poor Mrs. Courtenay, too. We all of us will be so distressed if it turns out that one of the matches she made with such skill, defeat. ing us all, and for which we all envied her so much, should turn out to be a fluke, won't we, dear Mrs. Deekman ?”’ " Mrs. Deekman was slow in responding to this thrust. So also was Mrs. Beestonmy, and before either of them could convince themselves of the sarcasm of their intended replies, Tracey Harte broke in: | COIN @ ” NOOKS (GO)