She greeted Jack very graciously , but with a certain polite condescension of which she is past mistress . I am sure Jack felt it , for , as soon as he decently could , he got up to go . Alicia asked him to remain to dinner . `` We are having a few friends to dine with us , but it is quite an informal affair , '' she said sweetly . I felt that Jack glanced at me for the fraction of a second . But I remembered that Gus Sinclair was coming too , and I did not look at him . Then he declined quietly . He had a business engagement , he said . I suppose Alicia had noticed that look at me , for she showed her claws . `` Do n't forget to call any time you are in Montreal , '' she said more sweetly than ever . `` I am sure Katherine will always be glad to see any of her old friends , although some of her new ones are proving very absorbing -- one , in especial . Do n't blush , Katherine , I am sure Mr. Willoughby wo n't tell any tales out of school to your old Valleyfield friends . '' I was not blushing , and I was furious . It was really too bad of Alicia , although I do n't see why I need have cared . Alicia kept her eye on us both until Jack was fairly gone . Then she remarked in the patronizing tone which I detest : `` Really , Katherine , Jack Willoughby has developed into quite a passable-looking fellow , although he is rather shabby . But I suppose he is poor . '' `` Yes , '' I answered curtly , `` he is poor , in everything except youth and manhood and goodness and truth ! But I suppose those do n't count for anything . '' Whereupon Alicia lifted her eyebrows and looked me over .
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