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“Never felt better in my life.”

She laughed scornfully.

“Why do you have to get back tonight?” she demanded.

“I promised—you see I had an engagement——”

“Oh, let her wait!” exclaimed Diana impatiently. “She didn’t look as if she had much else to do. Who is she anyhow?”

“I don’t see how that could possibly interest you, Diamond Dick.”

She flushed at the familiar name.

“Everything about you interests me. Who is that girl?”

“Elaine Russel. She’s in the movies—sort of.”

“She looked pulpy,” said Diana thoughtfully. “I keep thinking of her. You look pulpy too. What are you doing with yourself—waiting for another war?”

They turned into the drive of a big rambling house on the Sound. Canvas was being stretched for dancing on the lawn.

“Look!” She was pointing at a figure in knickerbockers on a side veranda. “That’s my brother Breck. You’ve never met him. He’s home from New Haven for the Easter holidays and he’s having a dance tonight.”

A handsome boy of eighteen came down the veranda steps toward them.