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 "You can not stop it till you have the shoe," I said.

"Only," she went on determinedly, "I am so comfortable here that I do not care to return to the ball-room just at present."

"I never expected such a full compliment;" and I made her my most engaging bow.

"I am afraid you will have to cut off your toes to get into that shoe,"—maliciously.

"I could expect no less than that from you. You keep coming closer to my ideal every moment."

She shrugged disdainfully and assumed a bored expression that did not deceive me in the least.