"Oh, my dear, it
is the only way. Throw away everything else--every cause, every
conviction, every interest--but keep that one open door into reality."
The car stopped before his office, and she held out her hand. "I shall
see you to-morrow night?"
He glanced back merrily from the pavement. "Do you think I shall let you
escape me?" Then he turned away and went, with a firm and energetic
step, into the building, while Corinna took out her shopping list and
studied it thoughtfully.
"Back to the shop," she said at last. "I have had enough for one
morning." As the car started up the street, a smile stirred her lips, "I
shall have three unhappy lovers on my hands for the dance to-morrow."
Then she laughed softly, with a very real sense of humour, "If I am
going to sacrifice myself, I may as well do it in the grand manner," she
thought, for Corinna had a royal soul.
CHAPTER XXI
DANCE MUSIC
At breakfast the next morning, Mrs. Culpeper observed, with maternal
solicitude, that Stephen was looking more cheerful.
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