D his neophyte that this would be the case, but the traditional
enthusiasm of the neophyte had triumphed over discretion. "She was
feeling rather drowsy, the effect probably of the champagne, which she's
not in the habit of taking in the middle of the day." A subdued murmur
of admiration went round the company. Blenkinthrope's aunts were not
used to taking champagne in the middle of the year, regarding it
exclusively as a Christmas and New Year accessory. "Presently a rather
portly gentleman passed by her seat and paused an instant to light a
cigar. At that moment a youngish man came
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