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"I am extremely sorry not to have met your daughter," said Robin very
politely.
"Oh, but she will be here in a day or two, Prince."
"Unfortunately, we are leaving to-morrow, Mrs. Blithers."
"To-morrow?" murmured Mrs. Blithers, aghast.
"I received a cablegram to-day advising me to return to Edelweiss at
once. We are obliged to cut short a very charming visit with Mr. and
Mrs. King and to give up the trip to Washington. Lieutenant Dank left
for New York this afternoon to exchange our reservations for the
first ship that we can--"
"What's this?" demanded Mr. Blithers, abruptly withdrawing his
attention from Count Quinnox who was in the middle of a sentence when
the interruption came. They were on the point of going out to dinner.
"What's this?"
"The Prince says that he is leaving to-morrow--"
"Nonsense!" exploded Mr. Blithers, with no effort toward geniality.
"He doesn't mean it. Why,--why, we haven't signed a single
agreement--"
"Fortunately it isn't necessary for me to sign anything, Mr.
Blithers," broke in Robin hastily.


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