Freda 's face was solemn enough but her eyes looked as if she might be laughing at him . `` I have n't met her yet . I have only seen her . It was in the park yesterday . She was in a carriage with the Mandersons . So beautiful , Freda ! Our eyes met as she drove past and I realized that I had found my long-sought ideal . I rushed back to town and hunted up Pete Manderson at the club . Pete is a donkey but he has his ways of being useful . He told me who she was . Her name is Stephanie Gardiner ; she is his cousin from the south and is visiting his mother . And , Freda , I am to dine at the Mandersons ' tonight . I shall meet her . '' `` Do goddesses and ideals and Madonnas eat ? '' said Freda in an awed whisper . Her eyes were certainly laughing now . Roger got up stiffly . `` I must confess I did not expect that you would ridicule my confidence , Freda , '' he said frigidly . `` It is very unlike you . But if you are not interested I will not bore you with any further details .
And it is time I was getting back XXXXX town anyhow . ''
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