If she did not find
the truant there, she said to herself, she would go into the Casino; for
he was sure to be in one place or the other at this time of day, even
though it was Christmas.
She walked a little, but not much; for her high-heeled shoes were tight,
and made her feel even more annoyed with the world and everyone in
it--except herself--than she had been before she started. Presently she
sat down on one of the green benches, and arranged a "peace on earth,
goodwill to men" expression which pinched her lips almost as painfully
as her shoes pinched her toes. She wore it unremittingly, nevertheless,
even though many of the women who passed her, walking on the terrace,
were prettier and younger and better dressed than she, and--more
grievous still--were accompanied by agreeable looking men, while she sat
alone scarcely glanced at by the promenaders.
She had just begun to think that she had better try the Casino, when
down the steps from the upper terrace came three figures. There was
something familiar about them all, but to see them together made them
more than strange.
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