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42 A SOCIAL METEOR. he isn’t to disturb me at this hour. But see what he’s after, Annette.” “He says Mr. Grant is down stairs, madam,” answered the girl, a moment later, “and would like to see you.” “Oh, bother! What a nuisance—and I’m frightfully tired, too. However, tell him I'll be there presently.” She looked in the glass two or three times to make sure that she was presentable, and then ran lightly down the stairs. “Good-morning, Lee,” she said. “You'll ex- cuse my appearing in my habit, I hope, but I just got in from my ride, and hadn’t time to change if,’ “You look as charming as usual,” returned Lee. “But Iam afraid I disturbed you—you take a nap at this hour, don’t you ?” “Yes, but there’s plenty of time for that. Sit down, and we can have alittle chat. Pray where have you been keeping yourself—I haven’t seen you since Thursday and this is Monday ?” “I only got back from New York this morning; I’ve been spending Sunday with Jimmy French. But really, I wouldn’t interfere with your ‘beauty sleep’ for anything in the world. In fact, I only Eomichbooks (E()