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 'It was a most curious mistake to make,' said Dolly.

'Oh, well, it's all put right now,' said I.

'Oh, Mr. Carter, do you remember mamma's face when we described him?'

'That was a terrible moment,' said I, with a shudder.

'I said he was—ugly,' whispered Dolly.

'And I said—something worse,' murmured I.

'And mamma knew at once from our description that it was'

'She saw it in a minute,' said I.

'And then you went away.'

'Well, I rather suppose I did,' said I.

'Mamma is just a little like the Dowager sometimes,' said Dolly.

'There is a touch now and then,' I conceded.

'And when I was introduced to him the next day I absolutely blushed.'

'I don't altogether wonder at that,' I observed.

'But it wasn't as if he'd heard what we were saying.'

'No; but he'd seen what we were doing.'

'Well, what were we doing?' cried Dolly defiantly.

'Conversing confidentially,' said I.

'And a week later you went home!'

'Just one week later,' said I.

There was a long pause.

'Well, you'll take me to the theatre?' asked Dolly, with something which, if I were so disposed, I might consider a sigh.