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Carlotta dressed herself with unusual care--not in black this time, but in

white She coiled her yellow hair in a soft knot at the back of her head,

and she resorted to the faintest shading of rouge She intended to be gay,

cheerful The ride was to be a bright spot in Wilson's memory He

expected recriminations; she meant to make him happy That was the secret

of the charet

their troubles She set the hour of theirat nine, when the late

dusk of su, a faintly

perfu, with a thrill in her voice that was

only half assuoing to be back at

ten"

"I have special per their new situation: "We have a lot to talk

over It will take tiasolene tank of the

car Joe Druside of

the road The Wilson car was in the shadow It did not occur to Joe that