A Social Meteor — page 87: what you’re looking at

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A SOCIAL METEOR. 7 CHAPTER VI. AT A NEW YORK HOTEL. ‘Two days later Georgie and Ray were settled _in New York at the Hoffman House. ‘They had selected this hotel not only on account of its superiority over most of those in the city, but also because Georgie had lived there for some years before her father’s death, and so was sure of receiving the best attention. Mr. Thorne accompanied his wife from Phila- delphia and saw that everything was arranged for their comfort before Georgie, who had paid a flying visit to her aunt, joined them. Their rooms, like most of those at this superb hotel, were large and elegantly furnished. They were connecting, and Ray’s opened into a cozy little sitting-room, where they intended to take their breakfast and dinner every day, and lunch- eon wherever they chose. Ray, who never did anything for herself in the way of dressing, brought her maid, while Georgie, who was less Eomichboo SS (E(@)