Should She Have Left Him? — page 163: what you’re looking at

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MRS. TREVOR-ALLEN’S INTRIGUE. 157 sudden thought and, turning back, rapidly communi. cated it to Lady Malcolm, who, to judge by her reception of it, was delighted. The intrigue Mrs. Trevor-Allen was engaged in was made apparent at the close of the first part of the programme. Rising from her seat in her box, only less conspicuous than the one occupied by Mrs. Trescotte, she made her way on the arm of Tracey Harte, who had come to her, across the house. People who were watching her—nearly all occupying the tier—opined she was going to the box of Lady Malcolm, who had been soon discovered after her entrance, and whose friend Mrs. Trevor-Allen was known to be. What was their surprise, then, and horror, too, when they saw her enter the Trescotte box ! Dorothy, apparently absorbed in her programme but really in her own bitter thoughts, was startled, and not well pleased, with the intrusion. But her visitor was not to be rebuffed. “JT saw you enter,” she said, “in the lobby, you know, but I was too far away to salute you. Sol have taken the first opportunity to come to you to complain of your treatment of me.” "Wy treatment of your inquired. Dorothy, instantly appreciating the meaning of the ostenta- tious visit, and ready to cry with a right good will when she saw the sympathy and kindness shining in the blue eyes of her visitor. “Ves,” replied the lively lady. ‘“ Now, don't try to think up excuses; I will accept none. It was CoOmicbookks C@ 3