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BY F. E. F., AUTHOR OF A “MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE,” ETC.
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’Tis distance lends enchantment to the view.
Campbell.
“What are you thinking of so intently, Annie?” asked Kate Leslie, of her cousin. “You have not spoken for the last half hour.”
Annie roused herself and answered with a smile, “Only of last night’s Opera. Nothing very important, you see.”
“And what of the Opera?” pursued Kate. “Come, I should like to hear a genuine, unsophisticated opinion of our most fashionable city amusement.”
“I was thinking less of the music, Kate!” returned Annie, “than of the audience.”
“And of the audience?” persisted Kate.