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264 A SOCIAL METEOR. self assured me that she no longer cared any- thing about him.” “So she swore to me. But, you see, when she saw him again, the old influence made itself felt, I suppose, and no doubt she yielded toit. Georgie is a strange girl anyway; she’s been a continual surprise to me, and I fancy she is to herself. To be frank with you, Lee, asI told you before, Idon’t think she ever loved you properly. In New York she always had people running in and out, or else she was off herself, and I have good reason to suspect,” dropping her voice to almost a whisper, “though of course I wouldn’t dare to’say so, to any one but you, that she used to meet Jack somewhere.” Lee’s face worked with his emotion. “Then I’ve been taken in like a fifteen-year- old schoolboy, haven’t I?” he exclaimed, harshly, “to amuse her. What a woman she is! -One can hardly help admiring her sublime audacity.” “You are rich and of importance,” observed Ray, insinuatingly. “And she wanted to make use of my money and position, no doubt, while she continued to meet this fellow in secret. “What an ass I’ve been! { might have known how this would turn out from the beginning. I can understand very readily that his presence might affect her, always, to a certain extent, but that she could Eomichboo gs) com >