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VIII] "We have been arranging, as we came along, about letter-writing," Arthur began. "He will want to know how we're enjoying our Swiss tour: and of course we must pretend we are?"

"Of course," she meekly assented.

"And the skeleton-in-the-cupboard" I suggested.

"is always a difficulty," she quickly put in, "when you're traveling about, and when there are no cupboards in the hotels. However, ours is a very portable one; and will be neatly packed, in a nice leather case"

"But please don't think about writing," I said, "when you've anything more attractive on hand. I delight in reading letters, but I know well how tiring it is to write them.'

"It is, sometimes," Arthur assented. "For instance, when you're very shy of the person you have to write to.'

"Does that show itself in the letter?" Lady Muriel enquired. "Of course, when I hear any one talkingyou, for instanceI can see how desperately shy he is! But can you see that in a letter?"

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