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It was inevitable that such a scene as that which had passed in Madame Rocada's showrooms, should become matter of common gossip within a few hours.
The story reached the clubs before the afternoon was over, and on every hand it was discussed, with variations of all sorts, until poor Audrey herself would hardly have recognised either her own portrait or the details of the miserable affair.