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Ose?" "I don't know yet," returned Adrien evasively. "What do you think
of the motor?" "Worthy even of Adrien Leroy," replied Jasper, with the
faintest suspicion of a sneer, which, however, passed unperceived by his
friend. "By the way," he continued, as they walked to the door together,
"I have just left Ada in tears, poor girl; repentance followed closely
on repletion. She vows solemnly to refrain from onions and patchouli for
the future, and begs for the return of your favour." Leroy smiled
gravely at his companion's flippant tones. "You make an eloquent
advocate; but there's little need for pity in her case; her tastes are
natural to her class. I was to blame for not realising it before; but
she'll be well set up for the future," he said, and forthwith dismissed
the subject from his mind. "But Jasper, what of this chestnut entered
the steeplechase?" Vermont's dark, restless eyes dropped for a mo