CHAPTER XXII
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ThenextthingtheStirlingsheardwasthatValancyhadbeenseenwithBarneySnaithinamovietheatreinPortLawrenceandafteritatsupperinaChineserestaurantthere.Thiswasquitetrue—andnoonewasmoresurprisedatitthanValancyherself.BarneyhadcomealonginLadyJaneonedimtwilightandtoldValancyunceremoniouslyifshewantedadrivetohopin.
“I’mgoingtothePort.Willyougotherewithme?”
Hiseyeswereteasingandtherewasabitofdefianceinhisvoice.Valancy,whodidnotconcealfromherselfthatshewouldhavegoneanywherewithhimtoanyplace,“hoppedin”withoutmoreado.TheytoreintoandthroughDeerwood.Mrs.FrederickandCousinStickles,takingalittleairontheverandah,sawthemwhirlbyinacloudofdustandsoughtcomfortineachother’seyes.Valancy,whoinsomedimpre-existencehadbeenafraidofacar,washatlessandherhairwasblowingwildlyroundhe
