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"How lovely!" laughed Leslie. "Douglas, did you ever know Mr. Minturn
could flatter like that? It's most enjoyable! I shall insist on more of
it, at every opportunity! Really, Mr. Minturn, society has missed you of
late, and it is our loss. We need men who are worth while."
"Now it is you who flatter," smiled Mr. Minturn.
"See my captive!" cried Leslie, as she emerged from the building and
crossed the walk to the car. "Mr. Bruce and Mr. Minturn are great friends,
so as we passed his door we brought him along by force."
"It certainly would require that to bring him anywhere in my company,"
said Mrs. Minturn coldly.
The shock of the cruelty of the remark closed Douglas' lips, but it was
Leslie's day to bubble, so she resolutely set herself to heal and cover
the hurt.
"I think business is a perfect bugbear," she said as she entered the car.
"I'm going to have a pre-nuptial agreement as to just how far work may
trespass on Douglas' time, and how much belongs to me. I think it can be
arranged.


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