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Then her eyes drooped thoughtfully, and she seemed to address
some inquiries to herself. She looked up suddenly. "Why, I believe,"
she said, in a tone of surprise, "I believe I do!"
And at that both men laughed. "Isabel!" her brother exclaimed.
"You're a foolish person! There are times when you look exactly
fourteen years old!"
But this reminded her of her real affair in that part of the world.
"Good gracious!" she said. "Where have the children got to? We must
take Lucy pretty soon, so that George can go and sit with the Class.
We must catch up with them."
She took her brother's arm, and the three moved on, looking about them
in the crowd.
"Curious," Amberson remarked, as they did not immediately discover the
young people they sought. "Even in such a concourse one would think
we couldn't fail to see the proprietor."
"Several hundred proprietors today," Eugene suggested.
"No; they're only proprietors of the university," said George's uncle.
"We're looking for the proprietor of the universe."
"There he is!" cried Isabel fondly, not minding this satire at all.


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