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The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange
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- Literature & Fiction
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- English
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From the opening
“She’s here! I thought she would be. She’s one of the three young ladies
you see in the right-hand box near the proscenium.”
The gentleman thus addressed--a man of middle age and a member of the
most exclusive clubs--turned his opera glass toward the spot designated,
and in some astonishment retorted:
“That yon silly little chit, whose father I know, whose fortune I know,
who is seen everywhere, and who is called one of the season’s belles is
an agent of yours; a--a--”
“No names here, please. You want a mystery solved. It is not a matter
for the police--that is, as yet,--and so you come to me, and when I ask
for the facts, I find that women and only women are involved, and that
these women are not only young but one and all of the highest society.
Is it a man’s work to go to the bottom of a combination like this? No.
Sex against sex, and, if possible, youth against youth. Happily, I know
such a person--a girl of gifts and extraordinarily well placed for the
purpose. Why she uses her talents in this direction--why, with means
enough to play the part natural to her as a successful debutante, she
consents to occupy herself with social and other mysteries, you must ask
her, not me. Enough that I promise you her aid if you want it. That is,
if you can interest her. She will not work otherwise.”
“But it’s a comedy face,” he commented. “It’s hard to associate
intellectuality with such quaintness of expression. Are you sure of her
discretion?”
“Abner Pratt! Do you mean to say that she is anything more to him than
his daughters’ guest?”
“Judge. You see how merry they are. They were in deep trouble yesterday.
You are witness to a celebration.”
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