CHAPTER XIII

A. I. Does she mean to say by that that she never makes stupid mistakes? 2. She had not suspected it. 3. She had a gooflly number of relatives. 4. He had the air of treating her like a child. 5. She was a stunning success at her last bail. 6. Did she enjoy the infatuation excîted by her beauty ? 7. What did it matter to her that the dowagers called her a fairy-tale princessl

B. Her great grand-parents and certain ancestors must hâve been remarkable people, and she dîscovered that they seryed a good purpose in her lif e. She was the spoiled child of everybody. But notwithstanding her coquetry, her love for Paul never changed. However, she asked herself many a time how he had been able to move her, at a time when she was under the influence of imaginary heroes who resembled him so little. When she heard it said that the marriage of Paul and her cousin had been decided upon, the dominant feeling in her was one of fierce anger. But she shut herself up in her room and swore that no one should see her vexation.