A Social Meteor — page 137: what you’re looking at

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A SOCIAL METEOR, | 127 CHAPTER IX. RAY’S GOOD CONDUCT. As Mrs. Thorne and Georgie had been friends since childhood, Peter, of course, had always seen more or less of the former. He thought her a nice, bright little creature, somewhat vain and conceited, but not more so than most pretty women, and, on the whole, rather liked her. Knowing how many women had vainly tried to bring him to their feet, she had at first bent all her efforts to make a con- quest of him, thinking it would be a big feather in her cap if she could add him to the list of her suitors. But she soon discovered that she was attempting a hopeless task, and that she was no more likely to succeed than the rest, and so she wisely turned her attention to Charley Thorne, who was at that time beginning to cast longing eyes at her, and was only too willing to succumb to her charms. After the knot was tied and she no longer had any reason to worry about the to- morrows, she returned to her old tricks and Eomichbooks (E(o)