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rapidly and skilfully; and after some moments he sat down beside her and showed her his sketch. "Now, don't you think that's pretty good for an obscure Bohemian? " he asked. "I have knocked off another fifty francs."
Eugenia glanced at the little picture as he laid it on her lap. "Yes, it is very clever," she said. And in a moment she added, "Do you suppose our cousins do that?"
"Do what?"
"Get into those things, and look like that."
Felix meditated a while. "I really can't say. It will be interesting to discover."
"Oh, the rich people can't!" said the Baroness.
