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powdered cheek and her upward glances at 

 her host. 



" How far do you want us to walk ? " she 

 said, looking over her shoulder at the view, 

 '* all the way to that wood there ? How 

 silly of you to say the bikes would be 

 no use ! " 



*' 1 don't dispute the fact that they 

 would have been of use to you and Major 

 Bunbury," replied her host, cutting the 

 wires of the second bottle of champagne. 



" It's so contemptible of you not to learn 

 the bike," she went on, with a manner 

 half discontented, half brusque. " It's all 

 prejudice." 



"I'm beginning to cultivate prejudice," 

 said Glasgow, retaining the cork with skill, 

 "it's so respectable. Churchwardens and 

 generals and heads of departments are 

 always prejudiced." 



" I didn't know that you were so w^onder- 

 fully addicted to respectability," said Lady 

 Susan, with a laugh and a look that made 

 Slaney feel rather hot — " since when, may 



