We'll stop at home and spend a quiet evening together--shall we?"
She raised her eyes half wistfully and smiled. "I should like that very,
very much, Philip!" she murmured; "but you know we did promise Clara to
go with her to-night. And as we are so soon to leave London and return
to Warwickshire, I should not like to disappoint her."
"You are very fond of Clara?" he asked suddenly.
"Very!" She paused and sighed slightly. "She is so kind and clever--much
more clever than I can ever be--and she knows many things about the
world which I do not. And she admires you so much, Philip!"
"Does she indeed?" Philip laughed and colored a little. "Very good of
her, I'm sure! And so you'd really like to go to the Brilliant to-night?"
"I think so," she said hesitatingly. "Clara says it will be very
amusing. And you must remember how much I enjoyed 'Faust' and 'Hamlet.'"
Errington smiled. "You'll find the Brilliant performance very different
to either," he said amusedly. "You don't know what a burlesque is like!"
"Then I must be instructed," replied Thelma, smiling also, "I need to
learn many things.
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