wonder why the hostess has troubled to bid her guests, and why the
guests have troubled to come. There were ten people. They met with
indifference, and would part with relief. It was, of course, a purely
social function. The Stricklands "owed" dinners to a number of
persons, whom they took no interest in, and so had asked them; these
persons had accepted. Why? To avoid the tedium of dining tete-a-tete
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wasting on tedious exercises the brief span of his life. It was the kind of party which makes you wonder why the hostess has troubled to bid her guests, and why the guests have troubled to come. There were ten people. They met with indifference, and would part with relief. It was, of course, a purely social function. The Stricklands "owed" dinners to a number
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