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"A lady! Do I know her?"
"I believe not, my dear."
"And do you?"
"No, my darling. That is--that is--"
"Yes, I suppose!" said Madame, with a very violent click.
"I can hardly say, Sophronia, that, I can't indeed. I have met her, by
accident, quite by accident I assure you, once or twice."
"Where?"
"At Jellybrand's. She goes there to fetch letters on the same day as I
do."
Madame's very intellectual brow was over-clouded with storm. She turned
upon the Prophet.
"And what of this person, Mr. Vivian?" she cried. "What of her and this
oath?"
The Prophet, who was secretly very delighted with the diversion he had
so cleverly created, hastened to reply,--
"I have promised most solemnly to meet her to-night at a house in the
Zoological Gardens!"
"A house in the Zoological Gardens!"
"I mean at the Zoological House, the residence of Mrs. Vane Bridgeman,
who is--"
But, at this point in his explanation, the Prophet was interrupted by
both his hearers.
"The Jellybrand one!" cried Mr. Sagittarius.
"The prophets' patron!" vociferated Madame.
CHAPTER XVI
THE PROPHET RETURNS FROM THE MOUSE WITH TWO OLD AND VALUED FRIENDS
At these exclamations the Prophet started in some surprise.
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