When I First Appeared In The Rooms
There Was A General Giggle And That Was Exhilarating, So Off I Went.
After A Time Colonel Fitz-James Adopted Me And Tagged Around After Me
Every Place; I Simply Could Not Get Rid Of The Man.
I knew him, of
course, and I also knew that he was mistaking me for some one else,
which made his attentions anything but complimentary.
I told him ever
so many times that he did not know me, but he always insisted that it
was impossible for him to be deceived, that he would always know me,
and so on. He was acting in a very silly manner - quite too silly for a
man of his years and a colonel of a regiment, and he was keeping me
from some very nice dances, too, so I decided to lead him a dance, and
commenced a rare flirtation in cozy corners and out-of-the-way places.
I must admit, though, that all the pleasure I derived from it was when
I heard the smothered giggles of those who saw us. The colonel was in
a domino and had not tried to disguise himself.
We went in to supper together, and I managed to be almost the last one
to unmask, and all the time Colonel Fitz-James, domino removed, was
standing in front of me, and looking down with a smile of serene
expectancy. The colonel of a regiment is a person of prominence,
therefore many people in the room were watching us, not one
suspecting, however, who I was.
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