human
Your pearls, she whispered, as she and Doran danced the tango together, taking graceful steps which she had taught him during the fortnight they had known each other.
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How do they look?
human
Glorious on _you_! he answered.
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And the ring has come. I telegraphed, you know. It's what you wanted. I was able to get it, I'm happy to say. Oh, Billie, can it be possible that I shall have you for mine--all mine? It seems too wonderful to be true.
human
I've promised, haven't I? She laughed half under her breath, a pretty, tinkling laugh.
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Honour bright, Max dear, you're the first man I ever said 'yes' to. I hope I shan't be sorry!
human
I won't let you be sorry, whispered Max.
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I'll do everything to make you so happy you'll forget the theatre.
human
If anything or anybody could make me do that, it would be you, she answered, under cover of the music.
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I believe you must be very fascinating, or else I--but never mind---- Now let's stop dancing and you'll show me the ring. I'm engaged for the next--and I can't wait till you and I have another together.
human
hoped to go through the sacred ceremony without being spied upon. The ring Billie had asked for was a famous blue diamond, of almost as deep a violet as a star-sapphire, and full of strange, rainbow gleams. It had belonged to a celebrated actress who had married an Englishman of title, and on her death it had been advertised for sale. Billie Brookton, who
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jewels, and whose birthstone conveniently was the diamond, had been
human
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She was not superstitious, she said,