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CHAPTER V THE LIE
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Rafella took rather unfair advantage of George's repentance1, undoubtedly2 half-hearted though it was. She asked him, as she forgave him, if he would not try to be generous, and allow her to invite Mr. Kennard to dinner, only to show that he realised the unreasonableness3 of his attitude? And with her golden head on his shoulder, and her soft lips close to his own, Coventry consented.
As might have been expected the experiment was not a success. Even before dinner was over Rafella perceived her mistake. She had hoped so much from the evening--hoped that her husband and Mr. Kennard would make friends, that in future all would be pleasant and smooth.
Instead of which George broke his promise, and behaved like a bear. He was a man who could not conceal4 his aversions, and seldom attempted to do so; and the mere6 sight of Mr. Kennard at his table, sleek7 and urbane8, and indifferent to his dislike, incensed9 him and rendered him glum10 and ungracious. He talked, when he talked at all,
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only to Mrs. Greaves, who, with her husband and Mr. Munro, made up the party of six. Mrs. Greaves saw with foreboding the look in George Coventry's eyes as he watched his wife and Mr. Kennard conversing11 with intimate ease, and she felt as if they were eating their dinner with an explosive beneath the table. How she wished Rafella were not such a self-confident fool! Since the day on which she had met the pair riding together Rafella had carefully avoided being alone with her; she hoped when they repaired to the drawing-room that she might have a chance of introducing a word of advice, but whether by intention or otherwise the tête-à-tête was
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cavalry
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billiards
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awfully
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