said Ruggles . It was a girl 's exclamation , but nothing else would have expressed his feelings . `` No , I never , '' I said . `` To think that Sylvia Grant should be sweet on the Old Fellow when she could have Micky ! It passes comprehension . Did she -- did she really promise to marry him , Ruggles ? '' `` She did , '' said Ruggles gloomily . `` But , I say , is n't that Old Fellow game ? Tumbled to the trick in a jiff ; never let on but what he wrote the letter , never will let on , I bet . Where does the joke come in , Polly , my boy ? '' `` It 's on us , '' I said , `` but nobody will know of it if we hold our tongues . We 'll have to hold them anyhow , for Sylvia 's sake , since she 's been goose enough to go and fall in love with the Old Fellow . She 'd go wild if she ever found out the letter was a hoax . We have made that match , Ruggles . He 'd never have got up enough spunk to tell her he wanted her , and she 'd probably have married Micky out of spite . '' `` Well , you know the Old Fellow is n't a bad sort after all , '' said Ruggles , `` and he 's really awfully gone on her . So it 's all right . Let 's go and find the girls . '' The Parting of The Ways Mrs. Longworth crossed the hotel piazza , descended the steps , and walked out of sight down the shore road with all the grace of motion that lent distinction to her slightest movement . Her eyes were very bright , and an unusual flush stained the pallor of her cheek .
Two men who were lounging XXXXX one corner of the hotel piazza looked admiringly after her .
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