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was Lucy, gaily offering a silver sleighbell decked with white ribbon.
"I almost couldn't find you!" she cried.
George stared, took her hand, led her forth in silence, danced with
her. She seemed content not to talk; but as the whistle blew,
signalling that this episode was concluded, and he conducted her to
her seat, she lifted the little bell toward him. "You haven't taken
your favour. You're supposed to pin it on your coat," she said.
"Don't you want it?"
"If you insist!" said George stiffly. And he bowed her into her
chair; then turned and walked away, dropping the sleighbell haughtily
into his trousers' pocket.
The figure proceeded to its conclusion, and George was given other
sleighbells, which he easily consented to wear upon his lapel; but, as
the next figure 'began, he strolled with a bored air to the tropical
grove, where sat his elders, and seated himself beside his Uncle
Sydney. His mother leaned across Miss Fanny, raising her voice over
the music to speak to him.
"Georgie, nobody will be able to see you here.


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