"
"But what in the world does he want?"
"Leave that to him."
"And you," demanded Montague; "you are getting money for this?"
Oliver smiled a long and inscrutable smile. "You don't imagine that
I'm in love with him, I trust. I thought you'd be interested to see
the game, that's why I introduced him."
"That's all very well," said the other. "But you have no right to
inflict such a man upon Alice."
"Oh, stuff!" said Oliver. "She'll meet him at Newport this summer,
anyway. How could I introduce him anywhere else, if I wasn't willing
to introduce him here? He won't hurt Alice. He gave her a good time
this evening, and I wager she'll like him before he gets through.
He's really a good-natured chap; the chief trouble with him is that
he gets confidential."
Montague relapsed into silence, and Oliver changed the subject. "It
seems too bad about Lucy," he said. "Is there nothing we can do
about it?"
"Nothing," said the other.
"She is simply ruining herself," said Oliver. "I've been trying to
get Reggie Mann to have her introduced to Mrs.
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