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Rh this race today, for example! I wouldn’t care if he came in last!

[Stopping herself—thinking frightenedly]

Oh, if he should ever guess I said that!

[Thinking keenly]

Hello! she said that as if she’d like to see him come last! why?

[Then vindictively]

Well, so would I! it’s time these Gordons took a good licking from life!

[Suddenly appears in the door from the cabin, her face flushed with excitement]

They’re off! Mr. Evans is getting something—it’s terribly faint but—Navy and Washington are leading—Gordon’s third!

[She disappears back in the cabin]

[Looking after her with hatred]

Her Gordon! she is so sure! how I’ve come to detest her pretty face!

[Thinking with a sneer]

“Gordon’s third”! you might think there was no one else pulling the shell! what idiots women make of themselves about these Gordons! she’s pretty, that Madeline! she’s got a figure like Nina’s when I first loved her those afternoons  age is beginning to