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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at <a -href="http://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a></p> -<p>Title: Find the Woman</p> -<p>Author: Arthur Somers Roche</p> -<p>Release Date: May 19, 2013 [eBook #42740]</p> -<p>Language: English</p> -<p>Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1</p> -<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FIND THE WOMAN***</p> <p> </p> -<h4>E-text prepared by Annie R. McGuire<br /> - from page images generously made available by<br /> - the Google Books Library Project<br /> - (<a href="http://books.google.com">http://books.google.com</a>)</h4> <p> </p> <table border="0" style="background-color: #ccccff;margin: 0 auto;" cellpadding="10"> <tr> @@ -489,7 +475,7 @@ much for you sometime."</p> <p>"Nothing rough, you know. I never forget that I'm a lady and what's due me from gentlemen," said Fay. "But—Ike Weber 'phoned me that his little friend was laid up sick with somethin' or other, and if I could bring -another girl along, he'd be obliged. Dinner and dance—at the Château de +another girl along, he'd be obliged. Dinner and dance—at the Château de la Reine. Jazzy place, kid. You'd better come."</p> <p>Clancy was thrilled. If a momentary doubt assailed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span> her, she dismissed @@ -520,7 +506,7 @@ pretty foulard.</p> <h3><a name="II" id="II">II</a></h3> -<p>Ike Weber was waiting for them in the foyer of the Château de la Reine. +<p>Ike Weber was waiting for them in the foyer of the Château de la Reine. During the brief taxi-ride up Broadway to the cabaret, Clancy had time to suffer reaction from the momentary daring that had led her to acceptance of Fay's invitation. It was this very sort of thing against @@ -583,7 +569,7 @@ feller. Nothin' fresh about Ike. Don't worry, Florine."</p> <p>Clancy smiled tremulously. She wasn't worried about the possible "freshness" of a hundred Webers. She was worrying about her clothes. But as they entered the dining-room and were escorted by a deferential -<i>maitre d'hôtel</i> to a long, flower-laden<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span> table at one side, next the +<i>maitre d'hôtel</i> to a long, flower-laden<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span> table at one side, next the dancing-space, worry left her. Her shoulders straightened and her head poised confidently. For Clancy had an artistic eye. She knew that a single daisy in a simple vase will sometimes attract great attention in @@ -787,7 +773,7 @@ main color was lemon, lending a sickly shade to his ebony skin—was decanting liquor.</p> <p>No one paid any attention to Clancy. The same casualness that had served -to put her at her ease at the Château de la Reine had the same effect +to put her at her ease at the Château de la Reine had the same effect now. She strolled round the room. She knew nothing of art, had never seen an original masterpiece. But once, in the Zenith Public Library, she had spent a rainy afternoon poring over a huge volume that contained @@ -1169,7 +1155,7 @@ the bizarre.</p> <p>It was quite exciting being ushered into a private office in the Thespian National Bank. But when it came to writing down the name: "Florine Ladue," she hesitated for a moment. It seemed immoral, wrong. -But the hesitation was momentary. Firmly she wrote the <i>nom de théâtre</i>. +But the hesitation was momentary. Firmly she wrote the <i>nom de théâtre</i>. It was the name that she intended to make famous, to see emblazoned in electric lights. It was the name of a person who<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span> had nothing in common with one Clancy Deane, of Zenith, Maine.</p> @@ -1312,7 +1298,7 @@ desk.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[Pg 33]</a></span></p> -<p>"From the country, eh? Ingénue, eh?" He pronounced it "anjenoo." He +<p>"From the country, eh? Ingénue, eh?" He pronounced it "anjenoo." He tapped his stubby, broken-nailed fingers upon the edge of his desk. "Well, I shouldn't wonder if I could place you," he said. "I know a couple companies that are hot after a real anjenoo. That's nice skin you @@ -1878,7 +1864,7 @@ with Hildebloom.</p> could advance any reason for the killing. Beiner was apparently rather popular in the profession, having a wide acquaintance.</p></blockquote> -<p>There followed a brief <i>résumé</i> of the dead man's career, but Clancy did +<p>There followed a brief <i>résumé</i> of the dead man's career, but Clancy did not read it. She dropped the paper and again stared at the ceiling.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[Pg 51]</a></span></p> @@ -2212,7 +2198,7 @@ reddish brown<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[Pg 62]</a></s and a mouth that turned up at the corners, she was, Clancy conceded, far above the average in good looks. She was dressed for the evening. Two days ago, Clancy would have thought that only a woman of loose morals -would expose so much back. But an evening spent at the Château de la +would expose so much back. But an evening spent at the Château de la Reine had taught her that New York women exposed their backs, if the exposure were worth while. This one was. And the severe lines of her black gown set off the milky whiteness of her back.</p> @@ -2395,7 +2381,7 @@ restore his self-possession.</p> <p>"You weren't busy night before last."</p> <p>She was enjoying herself hugely. The night before last, when she had met -men at Zenda's party at the Château de la Reine, and, later, at Zenda's +men at Zenda's party at the Château de la Reine, and, later, at Zenda's home, she had been too awed by New York, too overcome by the reputations of the people that she had met to think of any of the men as men. But now she was talking to a young man whose eyes, almost from the moment @@ -2974,7 +2960,7 @@ nevertheless a fact that Grannis had no recollection of having met her before. It was natural enough, Clancy assured herself. She had simply been an extra person at a dance, at a poker-party. Further, in her coat suit and wearing a hat, she was not the same person that had accompanied -Fay Marston three nights ago to the Château de la Reine.</p> +Fay Marston three nights ago to the Château de la Reine.</p> <p>Why, it was quite probable that even Zenda would not remember her if he saw her again. Then her throat seemed to thicken up a trifle. That was @@ -3235,7 +3221,7 @@ a question at Clancy.</p> <p>He sauntered toward an elevator without a glance<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[Pg 94]</a></span> at her. A maid showed Clancy to a dressing-room. She learned what she had not happened to -discover at the Château de la Reine three nights ago—that every +discover at the Château de la Reine three nights ago—that every well-appointed New York restaurant has a complete supply of powder and puffs and rouge and whatever other cosmetics may be required.</p> @@ -3255,7 +3241,7 @@ of herself in any conflict with a man, but would be, just now, helpless in the hands of a worldly woman—she supposed that Ferroni's patronage was drawn from the most exclusive of New York's society. Yet the people here seemed to be of about the same class as those who had been at the -Château de la Reine on Monday night. They were just as noisy, just as +Château de la Reine on Monday night. They were just as noisy, just as quiet. The women were just as much painted, just as daring in the display of their limbs. They smoked when they weren't dancing.</p> @@ -3633,7 +3619,7 @@ vanished.</p> <p>Still, she had dropped the name of "Florine Ladue" as suddenly as she had assumed it. Zenda would write or telephone for her. If she signed herself as "Florine Ladue," she'd have to tell Mrs. Gerand about her -<i>nom de théâtre</i>. And Clancy was the kind that keeps its business +<i>nom de théâtre</i>. And Clancy was the kind that keeps its business closely to itself. She was, despite her Irish strain, distinctly a New England product in this respect—as canny as a Scotchman.</p> @@ -3673,7 +3659,7 @@ heart as she ran up-stairs.</p> <p>On Monday night, Clancy had had her introduction to metropolitan night life. She didn't know, of course, what sort of party Sophie Carey would give. It probably would differ somewhat from Zenda's affair at the -Château de la Reine. Probably—because Mrs. Carey was a painter of great +Château de la Reine. Probably—because Mrs. Carey was a painter of great distinction—there would be more of what Clancy chose to denominate as "society" present. Wherefore she knew that her gray foulard was distinctly not <i>au fait</i>.</p> @@ -3916,7 +3902,7 @@ disappointed.</p> <p>"Have what?" he asked blankly.</p> -<p>"The <i>tête-à-tête</i> you want." She laughed. Then she wheeled and ran up +<p>"The <i>tête-à -tête</i> you want." She laughed. Then she wheeled and ran up the stairs, leaving him staring after her, wondering if she were the sweetly simple country maiden that she had appeared last night, or a wise coquette.</p> @@ -4223,7 +4209,7 @@ sheerest sort of courage.</p> become leaden, her eyes had been shifting, frightened. Yet they had not taken half a dozen steps before she was again the laughing heroine of the party. For that she had been! Even a novice such as Clancy Deane -knew that more than courtesy to a hostess' <i>protégée</i> was behind the +knew that more than courtesy to a hostess' <i>protégée</i> was behind the attentions of Judge Walbrough. And she was versed enough in masculine admiration to realize that Vandervent's interest had been genuinely roused. Flattery, success had made her eyes brilliant, her lips and @@ -4285,7 +4271,7 @@ unconscious threat behind Vandervent's words of a few moments ago.</p> <p>"You mustn't be absurd, Mr. Randall," she said, with great severity.</p> <p>"I don't mean to be," he answered, "but I can't help it. You promised me -a <i>tête-à-tête</i>," he said plaintively.</p> +a <i>tête-à -tête</i>," he said plaintively.</p> <p>"Did I?" She laughed. Randall reversed as she spoke, and she faced the door. Vandervent was eyeing her. Although his eyes were friendly, eager, @@ -4299,7 +4285,7 @@ pressed Randall's left hand.</p> <p>She caught the look of disappointment in Vandervent's eyes as she passed him. For a moment, she hesitated. How simple it would be to exchange -<i>tête-à-tête</i> partners, take Vandervent down-stairs, and, from the very +<i>tête-à -tête</i> partners, take Vandervent down-stairs, and, from the very beginning, tell him the amazing history of her half-week in New York! He <i>liked</i> her. Possibly his feeling toward her might grow into something warmer. Certainly, even though it remained merely liking, that was an @@ -4356,7 +4342,7 @@ annoyed you? You were happy—you seemed to be—until you danced with him. Then——"</p> <p>"Mr. Randall, you talk like a little boy," she said. "First, you want -<i>tête-à-têtes</i>; then you are jealous; then you are sure that some one is +<i>tête-à -têtes</i>; then you are jealous; then you are sure that some one is annoying me——"</p> <p>"You <i>are</i> worried," he charged.</p> @@ -4536,7 +4522,7 @@ way, we'll arrange what's fair."</p> <p>"You really want me?" said Clancy.</p> <p>"I told you earlier this evening that I liked success. Well, I like to -protégé success. You'll be a success. You're practically one already. +protégé success. You'll be a success. You're practically one already. With Phil Vandervent interested and the Walbroughs enthusiastically enlisted on your side—It was rather hard on David to-night, wasn't it?"</p> @@ -4570,12 +4556,12 @@ world planned to be authors. Half the authors planned to be bankers. And there you are! You'll live here?"</p> <p>The offer opened up opportunities undreamed of by Clancy. To be -chaperoned, guided, protégé'd by a woman like Sophie Carey! She had come +chaperoned, guided, protégé'd by a woman like Sophie Carey! She had come to New York intent on making financial and, secondarily, of course—Clancy was young—artistic success. To have a vista of social achievement placed before her enraptured eyes——</p> -<p>"It would be pretty hard," she said naïvely, "to give up a thing like +<p>"It would be pretty hard," she said naïvely, "to give up a thing like this, wouldn't it? I mean—pretty clothes, a place to live in that was beautiful. I stayed to-night because you wanted me to. But I was wondering. I can see why girls—slide down. And I don't think it's @@ -4651,7 +4637,7 @@ gathered, from his own somewhat boastful remarks, that he'd been intoxicated for the better—or worse—part of the week.</p> <p>Last night, Sophie Carey had been so attracted by Clancy that not only -did she wish to protégé her but wished to support her. Her offer, last +did she wish to protégé her but wished to support her. Her offer, last night, had meant practically that. But events had transpired, Mrs. Carey was no longer, in effect, a widow. She was a married woman again—pridefully so. Her air of dependence half sickened Clancy. A @@ -4679,7 +4665,7 @@ unsubstantial meal. But her hostess did not notice. She was too intent on seeing that her husband's coy appetite was tempted.</p> <p>Suddenly, Clancy felt a distaste for herself—a distaste for being -protégé'd, for having a patroness. Sophie Carey had taken a liking to +protégé'd, for having a patroness. Sophie Carey had taken a liking to her. Sophie Carey had wished to do this and that and the other thing for her. Now Sophie Carey was by the way of forgetting her existence. She accepted the offer of her hostess' car to take her home, but gave vague<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_138" id="Page_138">[Pg 138]</a></span> @@ -4942,7 +4928,7 @@ insulting as she looked at Clancy.</p> <p>"No question about it, is there?" demanded Weber.</p> <p>"Why, you know there isn't," said Fay, in apparent surprise. "I took her -to Zenda's party at the Château de la Reine, and, later, up to his +to Zenda's party at the Château de la Reine, and, later, up to his apartment. You was with us all the time."</p> <p>"Yes," said Weber; "but two identifications are better than one, you @@ -5253,7 +5239,7 @@ simply tell you that——"</p> <p>"Don't tell me anything unless it's something I want to hear," he interposed.</p> -<p>"You'll like this, I'm sure," she said naïvely. "Because I was going to +<p>"You'll like this, I'm sure," she said naïvely. "Because I was going to tell you that I like you immensely, and—well, I like you."</p> <p>"And you won't marry me?"</p> @@ -5976,7 +5962,7 @@ the dinner went unnoticed by Clancy. She did not know that they had passed upon her and found her worth while.</p> <p>And with this friendly couple she heard her first opera. It was "Manon," -and Farrar sang. From the beginning to the tragic dénouement, Clancy was +and Farrar sang. From the beginning to the tragic dénouement, Clancy was held enthralled. She was different from the average country girl who attends the opera. She was not at all interested in the persons, though they were personages, who were in the boxes. She was interested in the @@ -6495,12 +6481,12 @@ of her—and Clancy Deane would be upon the screen.</p> <p>She wondered just what sort of parts Zenda would give her. Of course, she'd have to begin with little "bits," as Fanchon had called them. But -soon—oh, very soon!—she'd work up to great rôles. She wanted emotional +soon—oh, very soon!—she'd work up to great rôles. She wanted emotional parts; she felt that she could bring to the screen something new in the way of interpretation. All the Clancys of the world, whether it is acting or writing or singing that they wish to do, feel the same.</p> -<p>She took in a matinée in the afternoon. She supped, in lonely splendor, +<p>She took in a matinée in the afternoon. She supped, in lonely splendor, at the Trevor. And,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_192" id="Page_192">[Pg 192]</a></span> equipped with a novel, she went to bed early. But she could not concentrate. Her mind wandered; and it didn't wander to the mystery of Morris Beiner's death, or to the possibility that some @@ -6603,7 +6589,7 @@ respond to its presence.</p> <p>For she was caught. Spofford, across the street, staring menacingly over at her, had been too swift for her. Yet, trapped though she was, she -managed to look away from the attaché of the district attorney's office. +managed to look away from the attaché of the district attorney's office. She met Randall's eyes.</p> <p>"I <i>am</i> glad," she said. As though to prove her words, she raised her @@ -6636,7 +6622,7 @@ fracas.</p> <p>"Who you talkin' to?" he demanded.</p> <p>"Why, to you," said Randall. "I thought that all you old gentlemen with -dyed whiskers and toupées did your work in the pleasant months." He +dyed whiskers and toupées did your work in the pleasant months." He half-wheeled and pointed west. "Know what's over that way? I'll tell you—Jefferson Market. And the least that they give a masher is ten days on the Island. That is, after he gets out of the hospital." He paused, @@ -8772,7 +8758,7 @@ here."</p> had a home. One couldn't term aunt Hetty's boarding-house in Zenith a <i>home</i>, kindly and affectionate as aunt Hetty had been. She'd only been one night in the Walbroughs' house, had only known them four days. Yet, -somehow, she had begun to feel a part of their <i>ménage</i>, had known in +somehow, she had begun to feel a part of their <i>ménage</i>, had known in her heart, though of course nothing had been said about the matter, that the Walbroughs would argue against almost any reason she might advance for leaving them save one—marriage.</p> @@ -10102,7 +10088,7 @@ for<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_299" id="Page_299">[Pg 299]</a></span> th stepped nearer.</p> <p>But the speech that Clancy believed trembled on the tip of his tongue -was not uttered then. For Spofford reëntered the room.</p> +was not uttered then. For Spofford reëntered the room.</p> <p>"I've got the coroner, Mr. Vandervent. He'll be over in five minutes."</p> @@ -10147,7 +10133,7 @@ kind of woman.</p> <p>And now, when Clancy's story had been told to her, and she had exclaimed, and colored in rage and grown white with apprehension, and after she had tucked Clancy securely in bed, so that there was no more -to be done for her protégée, the thoughts of the motherly woman turned +to be done for her protégée, the thoughts of the motherly woman turned to Sophie Carey.</p> <p>"Would you be afraid," she asked, "if I went over to the Carey place? @@ -10513,7 +10499,7 @@ lady?"</p> <p>"Miss Deane, I didn't want this assignment. But a reporter does what he's told. I can't tell you how glad I am that I can turn in something bigger for the paper. Why, Mr. Vandervent, the paper wouldn't dare take -a chance on printing something that Garland said about your <i>fiancée</i>!"</p> +a chance on printing something that Garland said about your <i>fiancée</i>!"</p> <p>"It might prove rather expensive for the <i>Era</i>," said Vandervent.</p> @@ -10572,360 +10558,6 @@ suddenly she knew that she would always choose. 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