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Webster, Henry Kitchell, 1875-1932

"The Real Adventure"

So the chances are now it won't. And you're
about the only person in your crowd that makes a practise of going to
the Globe. If you haven't heard any rumors it probably means that you
two are the only ones who know, so far. People who knew her before she
was married may have recognized her, to be sure, but they aren't likely
to go around either to Aldrich or to Mrs. Whitney with the story. Of
course there's always a big margin for the unforeseeable. But even at
that, I think you might call it an even chance."
"That's what I vote for then," said John, "shut up."
"I certainly don't want to go back on the stage and talk to Rose," said
Violet, "and I simply couldn't make myself tell either Rodney or
Frederica. It would be just too ghastly! But there's another thing you
haven't thought of. Suppose they both know already. I've got an idea
they do."
This was a possibility they hadn't thought of, but the more they
canvassed it, the likelier it grew.
"He acts as if he knew," Violet said, "now I come to think of it.


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