So different from Mr. Madison , is n't he ? '' `` Very , '' said Violet emphatically . After Mrs. Hill had gone out Violet walked to the nearest mirror and looked at herself with her forefinger in the dimple of her chin . `` It is very odd , '' she said . She did not mean the dimple . * * * * * Spencer had told her he was not coming back . She did not believe this , but she did not expect him for a few days . Consequently , when he appeared the very next evening she was surprised . Madison , to whom she was talking when Spencer entered , does not know to this day what she had started to say to him , for she never finished her sentence . `` I wonder if it is the Loon Lake affair again ? '' she thought nervously . Mrs. Hill came up at this point and whisked Madison off for a waltz . Spencer , seeing his chance , came straight across the room to her . Sergeant Robinson , who was watching them as usual , is willing to make affidavit that Miss Thayer changed colour . After his greeting Spencer said nothing . He sat beside her , and they watched Mrs. Hill and Madison dancing . Violet wondered why she did not feel bored . When she saw Madison coming back to her she was conscious of an unreasonable anger with him . She got up abruptly . `` Let us go out on the verandah , '' she said imperiously .
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