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n reason, rubbing all the rouge off her right cheek with the corner of her napkin and then inspecting curiously the colour that adhered to the linen--'listen to me! I sing day after to-morrow, for the last time before going to London. Come to my dressing-room after the second act. I will have Schreiermeyer there, and we will make an appointment for the next day, and settle the matter at once. It's understood, isn't it?' Margaret was delighted, for Logotheti's quiet words had reassured her a little. Madame Bonanni rose suddenly, untying her napkin from her neck as she got up, and throwing it on the floor behind her. Before she had reached the door she yawned portentously. 'I always go to sleep when I have eaten,' she said. 'Find a cab for little Miss Donne, Logotheti--for the famous Senorita da Cordova!' She laughed sleepily, and waved her hand to Margaret. 'I don't know how to thank you,' the young girl began, but before she got any further Madame Bonanni had disappeared. A few moments later Margaret and Logotheti were in the street. The noonday air was warm and bright and she drew in deep breaths of it, as she had done in the morning. Logotheti looked at her from under the brim of his Panama hat. 'We shall find a cab in a minute,' he said, in an indifferent tone. 'Yes.' They walked a few steps in silence. 'I hope you don't really mean to do what Madame Bonanni asked of you,' Margaret said, rather awkwardly. 'I mean, about my _debut_, if it really comes off.' Logotheti laughed lightly. 'She always talks in that way,' he said. 'She thinks I can do anything, but as a matter of fact I have no influence to speak of, and money has nothing to do with an artist's success. I shall certainly be there on your first night, and you will not object to my splitting my gloves in applauding you?' 'Oh no!' Margaret laughed, too. 'You are welcome to do that! There is a cab.' She held up her parasol to attract the driver's attention, and Logotheti made a few steps forward and called him. 'Where shall I tell the man to take you?' Logotheti asked, as she got in. 'To the Saint Lazare station, please. Thank you very much!' She smiled pleasantly and nodded as she drove away. He stood still a moment on the pavement, looking after her, and then turned in the opposite direction, lighting a cigarette as he walked. He was a Greek, and an educated one, and as he sauntered along on the shady side of the Avenue H
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