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The scene which met the gaze when an hour later the young men were ushered into the long drawing-room of the Vance house was one well-calculated to remove all gloomy, pessimistic reasoning. Warmth, gaiety, pretty women, luxury -- all sent the blood leaping through the veins in delightful anticipation.
Their entrance was greeted by a shout of welcome.