Part 13 (2/2)

GRAF VON--: ”I hope,your interest in Wagner reat as it appeared, but it enabled ise, you have done ood turn, for I shall lie back and cover h this next act to convince you”

GRAF VON--: ”That would be a heavy punishly audience”

On the last night of the Ring, I took infinite trouble with my toilette When we arrived at the theatre neither the lady, her girls, nor the Graf were there I found an immense bouquet on my seat, of yellow roses with thick clusters of violets round the stalk, the whole thing tied up ide Parma violet ribbons It was a wonderful bouquet I buriedwhy the Graf was so late, fervently hoping that the lady and her daughters would not turn up: no English one flowers in this way, said I to myself The curtain! How very tiresome! The doors would all be shut now, as late-co The next day I was to travel home, which depressed me; my life would be different in London and all my lessons were over for ever! What could have happened to the Graf, the lady and her daughters? Before the curtain rose for the last act, he arrived and, flinging off his cloak, said breathlessly to ht of all nights we had a regimental dinner! I asked my colonel to let ood-bye to you Is it true then? Are you really off to- the bouquet to her face, leaning faintly towards hi into his eyes): ”Alas, yes! I will send you soet me I won't lean back and cover ht, but if I hide ivebut looked a little perplexed We had not observed the curtain rise but were rudely rery ”Hush's” all round us He clasped his hands together under his chin, bending his head down on the up both arms of the stall with his elbows When I whispered to him, he did not turn his head at all but just cocked his ear down to ner than he really was?”

I buried my face in my roses, the curtain dropped It was all over

GRAF VON--(turning to ht into my eyes): ”If it is true what you said, that you know no one in Berlin, what a wonderful corasshoppers has paid you!”

He tookit back to h, said:

”Good-bye”

CHAPTER VI

MARGOT RIDES A HORSE INTO LONDON HOME AND SMASHES FURNITURE-- SUITOR IS FORBIDDEN THE HOUSE--ADVISES GIRL FRIEND TO ELOPE; INTERVIEW WITH GIRL'S FATHER--TETE-A-TETE DINNER IN PARIS WITH BARON HIRSCH--WINNING TIP FROM FRED ARCHER, THE JOCKEY

When I first caet me invitations to balls and parties The Walters, ere my mother's rich relations, in consequence of a fa terms with us; and my prospects looked by nowith an A-field and foundthat he was Arthur Walter, I thought that it would be fun to find out his views upon my family and his own He did not knoho I was, so I deter meal We opened in this manner:

MARGOT: ”I see you hate Gladstone!”

ARTHUR WALTER: ”Not at all I hate his politics”

MARGOT: ”I didn't suppose you hated the man”

ARTHUR WALTER: ”I am ashamed to say I have never even seen hiree that for the Duke of Westminster to have sold the Millais portrait of hireat pettiness! I have of course never seen the picture as it was bought privately”

MARGOT: ”The Tennants bought it, so I suppose you could easily see it”

ARTHUR WALTER: ”I regret to say that I cannot ever see this picture”

MARGOT: ”Why not?”

ARTHUR WALTER: ”Because though the Tennants are relations of mine, our family quarrelled”

MARGOT: ”What did they quarrel over?”