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All things so far had worked wonderfully well; not even a servant suspected her. In order to avoid trusting her secret to anyone in the house, she had employed a stranger to hire an elegant carriage, which was in waiting for her at a discreet distance from the front door. ALL THINGS SO FAR HAD WORKED WONDERFULLY WELL NOT EVEN A SERVANT SUSPECTED HER IN ORDER TO AVOID TRUSTING HER SECRET TO ANY ONE IN THE HOUSE SHE HAD EMPLOYED A STRANGER TO HIRE AN ELEGANT CARRIAGE WHICH WAS IN WAITING FOR HER AT A DISCREET DISTANCE FROM THE FRONT DOOR
might as well have been dead. With madame it was otherwise. The headache was, of course, a ruse. The brandy she had given her husband had been well drugged, and no sooner had she made sure it had taken effect than she snapped her daintily manicured finger-tips in the air, and retiring to her dressing-room, changed the dress she was wearing for one ten times more costly and beautiful--a dress of rose-coloured gauze, upon which a drapery of lace was suspended by agraffes of diamonds. A wreath of pale roses, that seemed to have been bathed in the dew of the morning, the better to harmonize with the delicate complexion of her lovely face, nestled in her hair, and above it, more magnificent than anything yet seen in Innsbruck, and setting off to perfection the dazzling lustre of her yellow curls, the tiara of diamonds. After a final survey of herself in the glass, she slipped on her cloak, and stole softly out to join her intimate friend, the Countess Linitz, who was also going to the ball. THEN ALL WAS A BLANK HE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN DEAD WITH MADAME IT WAS OTHERWISE THE HEADACHE WAS OF COURSE A RUSE THE BRANDY SHE HAD GIVEN HER HUSBAND HAD BEEN WELL DRUGGED AND NO SOONER HAD SHE MADE SURE IT HAD TAKEN EFFECT THAN SHE SNAPPED HER DAINTILY MANICURED FINGER TIPS IN THE AIR AND RETIRING TO HER DRESSING ROOM CHANGED THE DRESS SHE WAS WEARING FOR ONE TEN TIMES MORE COSTLY AND BEAUTIFUL A DRESS OF ROSE COLOURED GAUZE UPON WHICH A DRAPERY OF LACE WAS SUSPENDED BIOGRAPHS OF DIAMONDS A WREATH OF PALE ROSES THAT SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN BATHED IN THE DEW OF THE MORNING THE BETTER TO HARMONIZE WITH THE DELICATE COMPLEXION OF HER LOVELY FACE NESTLED IN HER HAIR AND ABOVE IT MORE MAGNIFICENT THAN ANYTHING YET SEEN IN INN'S BOOK AND SETTING OFF TO PERFECTION THE DAZZLING LUSTRE OF HER YELLOW CURLS THE TIARA OF DIAMONDS AFTER A FINAL SURVEY OF HERSELF IN THE GLASS SHE SLIPPED ON A CLOAK AND STOLE SOFTLY OUT TO JOIN HER INTIMATE FRIEND THE COUNTESS LINETTE'S WHO WAS ALSO GOING TO THE BALL
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