The young lady had recently made her debut into society at a
musical soiree at her aunt's. She had an exquisite bouquet of flowers
that exhaled sweet perfume. She said to her parent, "Mamma, shall we
ever find my lost Leicester?"
11. Geoffrey immediately addressed her, saying, as he presented his
card--
"Pardon my apparent intrusiveness; but, prithee, have you lost a pet
dog?"
12. The explanation that he had been stolen was scarcely necessary,
for Leicester, just awakening, vehemently expressed his inexplicable
joy by buoyantly vibrating between the two like the sounding lever
used in telegraphy (for to neither of them would he show partiality),
till, succumbing to ennui, he purported to take a recess, and sat on
his haunches, complaisantly contemplating his friends. It was truly an
interesting picture.
13. They reached their destination ere the sun was beneath the
horizon. Often during the summer Winthrop gallantly rowed from the
quay, with the naive and blithe Beatrice in her jaunty yachting suit,
but no coquetry shone from the depths of her azure eyes.
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