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"Humph!" ejaculated Cassandra. "What a foolish little thing you are! You don't imagine that the Paris of to day is the Paris of your time, or even the Paris of that sweet child Trilby's time, do you? HUMPH EJACULATED CASSANDRA WHAT A FOOLISH LITTLE THING YOU ARE YOU DON'T IMAGINE THAT THE PARIS OF TO DAY IS THE PARIS OF YOUR TIME OR EVEN THE PARIS OF THAT SWEET CHILD TRIVY'S TIME DO YOU
 workings of his mind. While you ladies were watching his lips or his eyes, some of you taking in the gorgeous details of his dress, all of you hanging upon his every word, I kept my eye fixed firmly upon his imagination, and I saw, what you did not, _that he was drawing wholly upon that_!” “How extraordinary!” cried Elizabeth. “Yes—and fortunate,” said Cassandra. “Had I not done so, a week hence we should, every one of us, have been lost in the surging wickedness of the city of Paris.” “But, Cassandra,” said Trilby, who was anxious to return once more to the beautiful city by the Seine, “he told us we were going to Paris.” [Picture: He told us we were going to Paris] “Of course he did,” said Madame Récamier, “and in so many words. Certainly he was not drawing upon his imagination there.” “And one might be lost in a very much worse place,” put in Marguerite de Valois, “if, indeed, it were possible to lose us in Paris at all. I fancy that I know enough about Paris to find my way about.” ERROR IF HE WISHED TO CONVINCE ME OF THE TRUTH OF HIS STORY FOR WITH HIS HAT REMOVED I COULD SEE THE WORKINGS OF HIS MIND WHILE YOU LADIES WERE WATCHING HIS LIPS OR HIS EYES SOME OF YOU TAKING IN THE GORGEOUS DETAILS OF HIS DRESS ALL OF YOU HANGING UPON HIS EVERY WORD I KEPT MY EYE FIXED FIRMLY UPON HIS IMAGINATION AND I SAW WHAT YOU DID NOT THAT HE WAS DRAWING WHOLLY UPON THAT HOW EXTRAORDINARY CRIED ELIZABETH YES UNFORTUNATE SAID CASSANDRA HAD I NOT DONE SO A WEEK HENCE WE SHOULD EVERY ONE OF US HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE SURGING WICKEDNESS OF THE CITY OF PARIS BUT CASSANDRA SAID TROUBY WHO WAS ANXIOUS TO RETURN ONCE MORE TO THE BEAUTIFUL CITY BY THE SUN HE TOLD US WE WERE GOING TO PARIS OF COURSE HE DID SAID MADAME MACAMIER AND IN SO MANY WORDS CERTAINLY HE WAS NOT DRAWING UPON HIS IMAGINATION THERE AND ONE MIGHT BE LOST IN A VERY MUCH WORSE PLACE PUT IN MARGUERITE DE VALVOIS IF INDEED IT WERE POSSIBLE TO LOSE US IN PARIS AT ALL I FANCY THAT I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT PARIS TO FIND MY WAY ABOUT
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