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A SUCIAL METECR. 119 “Then you'll leave everything to me? About what time shall I stop for you? It would be pleasanter for us all to go up together, I think, as it’s quite a drive and we might have to wait for each other.” “Of course. How would six o’clock suit you, Georgie ?” “As well as any other time.” “Then [ll be here at six.” He bade them good-night, lingering a moment over Ray’s hand, and was gone. It would have been evident to the most unin- terested observer that neither Georgie nor Lee relished the prospect of this dinner, and Ray, who was by no means blind, quickly realized this fact, but she was so bent upon having her own way that she was determined to brave them both, if necessary. Of course it would have been much pleasanter if they had shown even the least particle of en- thusiasm, and she thought it exceedingly selfish of them to stand there like mutes, leaving her to do all the talking and arranging; but go she would, at any cost. She did not like the expres- sion of Lee’s mouth as the door closed upon Jack, and she plainly foresaw that there was going to a cS (Eo) Gomichboo