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 observe Scythrop, who was doing as she described.)

You are pleased to be facetious, Miss O'Carroll. The lady would infallibly conclude that I was the greatest brute in town.

Far from it. She would say, perhaps, some people have odd methods of showing their affection.

But I should think, with submission—

Did I not hear Mr. Listless observe, that Dante is becoming fashionable?

I did hazard a remark to that effect, Mr. Flosky, though I speak on such subjects