I wish him to be asked. The Dunholms have taken
him up so tremendously that no festivity seems complete without him."
He had been invited to the garden party, and had appeared, but Betty
had seen little of him. It is easy to see little of a guest at an
out-of-door festivity. In assisting Rosalie to attend to her visitors
she had been much occupied, but she had known that she might have seen
more of him, if he had intended that it should be so. He did not--for
reasons of his own--intend that it should be so, and this she became
aware of. So she walked, played in the bowling green, danced and talked
with Westholt, Tommy Alanby and others.
"He does not want to talk to me. He will not, if he can avoid it," was
what she said to herself.
She saw that he rather sought out Mary Lithcom, who was not accustomed
to receiving special attention. The two walked together, danced
together, and in adjoining chairs watched the performance in the
embowered theatre. Lady Mary enjoyed her companion very much, but she
wondered why he had attached himself to her.
Betty Vanderpoel asked herself what they talked to each other about,
and did not suspect the truth, which was that they talked a good deal of
herself.
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