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Rh care for the actual fact of the matter, I don't believe that I held your hand at all."

"You did," he assured her positively. "You even squeezed it a little too. Shall I show you?"

"No, thanks." It was high time for the coolness of her tone to congeal to ice and Beatrice gave the matter her skilled attention. "And now, what shall I serve for you?"

"Better a feast of herbs …" began Steele. But Beatrice sighed in nicely simulated ennui and turned her back on him to peek into the tin cans swinging from the ceiling.