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spent, before she raised her head and gave the title.

"'An Old Woman Dies in Time of War.'"

Uncle Johnnie got up and went out, walking on several outraged ladies. Fumbling for his hat, he could hear Christabel's voice,

"Sorrow on sorrow, a shadow that falls in the night——"

The butler, who had retired for a few words with the waiters in the dining room, got to the front door just too late. It closed with a bang loud enough to make all the adoring ladies jump.