Her
waist was very round and slender. "They came from that shop in the
Senatorska or the Wirzbowa, I forget, quite, which street. Ulrich, I
think, was the name."
And she apparently desired to let the subject drop there.
"Yes," said Deulin, slowly. "Ulrich is the name. And you are fond of
violets?"
"I love them."
Deulin was making a silent, mental note of the harmless taste, when
dinner was announced.
"It was I who recommended Netty to investigate the Senatorska," said Mr.
Mangles, when they were seated. But Netty did not wish to be made the
subject of the conversation any longer. She was telling Cartoner,
who sat next to her, a gay little story, connected with some piece of
steamer gossip known only to himself and her. Is it not an accepted
theory that quiet men like best those girls who are lively?
Miss Mangles dispensed her brother's hospitality with that rather
labored ease of manner to which superior women are liable at such times
as they are pleased to desire their inferiors to feel comfortable, and
to enjoy themselves according to their lights.
Deulin perceived the situation at once, and sought information
respecting Poland, which was most graciously accorded him.
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