I'm planning a _fete de
nuit_--masked of course. Do please induce the romantic musician to
attend. I _must_ have him. I'm sure he'll enjoy a few days of
conventional respectability and so will you. I'll lend you as many
gowns as you need, you dear, delightful gypsy!"
To which Diane's answer was eminently satisfactory.
"Last night as Johnny was getting supper," she wrote, "our minstrel
appeared with a great bunch of silver-rod and I begged him to stay to
supper. He was greatly gratified and when later I confessed my
indiscreet revelation to you--and your invitation--he accepted it
instantly. He will be honored to be your guest, he said, provided of
course he may depend upon us to preserve his incognito. That is very
important. Do you know it is astonishing how I find myself keyed up to
the most amazing pitch of interest in him--he's so mysterious and
romantic and magnetic.
"Your constant craving for new and original sensations brings back a
lot of memories. Will you never get over it?
"I shall probably leave the van with Johnny at Jacksonville and go down
by rail. There are certain spectacular complications incident to an
arrival at Palm Beach in the van which would be very distasteful, to
say the least. Besides, I'd be later than we planned.
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