THE OTHER HOUSE
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he greeted this almost the effect of that of a man who had been drinking. "Do you mean he's quite faithful?"
Rose always met a bold joke. "As faithful as I! But your news is the thing."
"Mine?" He closed his eyes a moment, but stood there scratching his head as if to carry off with a touch of comedy his betrayal of emotion.
"Has Julia repeated her declaration?"
Tony looked at her in silence. "She has done something more extraordinary than that," he replied at last.
"What has she done?"
Tony glanced round him, then dropped into a chair. He covered his face with his hands. "I must get over it a little before I tell you!"
