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Page 59
DUCHESS.
Not that one.
MRS. EDEN.
I wonder whether you'd lend it to me?
DUCHESS.
Gladly.
MRS. EDEN.
As you say, there is something about these French writers--
DUCHESS.
Style.
MRS. EDEN.
That's it--style. [_Opening the door._] Ah! lights out.
DUCHESS.
Can you see?
MRS. EDEN.
[_Going out._] There's just a glimmer--
[_She disappears._
DUCHESS.
I'll keep the door open till you have turned the corner.
[SOPHY _comes back and stands watching the_ DUCHESS. _The_ DUCHESS
_remains at the open door for a little, while, then kisses her hand to_
MRS. EDEN _and closes the door._
SOPHY.
Shall I brush your Grace's hair now?
DUCHESS.
[_Going to the writing-table and taking up a book._] No. I will do it.
The exertion of brushing my hair, I often find, encourages sleep. I'll
put myself to bed. Run away. Don't let me see or hear anything of you
till the morning. Eight o'clock. [_She reclines upon the settee and
opens her book._ SOPHY, _eyeing her keenly, is about to withdraw._]
Oh--Sophy! [SOPHY _returns._] Do you--believe in Mr. Valma?
SOPHY.
Believe in him, your Grace?
DUCHESS.
Believe that when he reads a woman's hand he has really the power of
divination--the power he professes?
SOPHY.
Oh, yes.
DUCHESS.
[_Looking away._] Then if he tells a woman that a great many men are
deeply in love with her, you--you--?
SOPHY.
I'm sure he knows what he's talking about.
DUCHESS.
[_With a little purr of contentment._] Ah! [_Assuming indifference._] I
heard recently of an instance of his having conjectured such a state of
affairs from the lines of a woman's hand. [_Severely._] I could only
hope that his surmise was an incorrect one.
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