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Rh what was going on, that it was with difficulty she kept her attention sufficiently alive to go through the common routine of society.

As she stood before the mirror, gathering up her rich black tresses into the silken net which formed part of the Italian costume assumed for the evening, how often did the glossy braids escape from her hand! Climax of feminine indifference, she did not care how she looked!