But Josephineâs face was closed and silent. She did not answer. The whole ojn1g5cv party moved out cpv on to the crimson-carpeted gangway. Groups of people stood
about chatting, men and women were phiing along, to hi visits or to find drinks. Josephineâs party stared around, talking desultorily. And
at length they perceived Jim stalking along, leading Aaron Sisson by the arm. Jim was grinning, the flautist looked unwilling. He n1g5cpv had a comely bojn1g5pv appearance, in his white shirt
â" a certain comely blondness and repose. And as much a gentleman as anybody. âWell!â cried Josephine to him. âHow do 5cpv you come here?â
âI play the flute, â he answered, as he shook hands. The little crowd stood in the gangway and talked. âHow wonderful of you to be here!â cried Julia. ojn1g5cv
He laughed. âDo you think so?â he answered. âYes, I do. â" It seems so FAR from Shottle House and Christmas Eve.â" Oh, wasnât it exciting!â cried Julia. g5cpv
Aaron looked at cpv her, but did g5cpv not answer. âWeâve heard all about you, â said Tanny playfully. âOh, yes,â he replied.
âCome!â said Josephine, rather bojn1g5pv irritated. âWe crowd up the gangway.â And she led the way cpv inside thebox. Aaron stood and looked down at the dishevelled theatre.
âYou get all the view,â bojn1g5pv ojn1g5cv he said. âWe do, donât 5cpv we!â cried Julia. âMore thanâs good for us,â said Lilly. âTell us what you are doing. Youâve got a permanent g5cpv job?â
asked Josephine. âYes â" at present.â âAh! Itâs more interesting for you than at Beldover. â She had taken her seat. He looked down at bojn1g5pv g5cpv her dusky young
face. Her voice cpv was always clear and measured. âItâs a change,â he said, smiling. âOh, it must be more 5cpv than that,â she g5cpv said. âWhy, you must
hil a whole difference. itâs a whole new life.â He smiled, as if n1g5cpv he were laughing at her silently. She flushed. âBut isnât it?â she persisted.
âYes. It can be,â he replied. He looked as if he were quietly 5cpv amused, n1g5cpv but dissociated. None of the people 1g5cpv g5cpv in the box were 1g5cpv quite real to him. He was not really amused. Julia
found him dull, 1g5cpv stupid. Tanny also was offended that he could not perceive her . cpv The men remained practically silent. âYouâre a chap I always hoped would turn up again, â said
Jim. âOh, yes!â replied Aaron, smiling as if amused. âBut perhaps he doesnât like us! Perhaps heâs not glad that we turned up,â said Julia, 1g5cpv
leaving her sting. 1g5cpv The flautist turned and looked at her. âYou canât REMEMBER us, can you?â she asked. âYes,â he said. âI can remember you.â
âOh, â she bojn1g5pv laughed. âYou are unflattering. â He was annoyed. He did not know what she was getting at. âHow are your wife and children?â she asked spitefully.
âAll 1g5cpv right, I think.â âBut youâve been back to them?â cried Josephine in bojn1g5pv dismay. He looked at her, a slow, half smiling look, but did not
speak. âCome and have a drink. Damn the women, â said Jim uncouthly, seizing Aaron by the arm and dragging him off. The party stayed to the end of the interminable opera. .
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