In her weakened state she had seen the vision of a greater and grander /Shanghai, affording economic support a population far beyond its pres ent' numbers. But she wanted to see in that dream some signs of pre-Iparation which could be attributed to the far-seeing wisdom of those whom /Shanghal delighted to honour. Tt was {dle to tell her that Shanghai was Jhandicapped by its tripartite entity. [She pointed to her two sisters with whom she declared she formed a perfect trinity of ce-operation, They did not dispute among themselves. They fuad their different outlooks, even their different dispositions—for instance she did not always agree with the eldest's dislike of lipetick—but they acted in unison. They had combined to do the job assigned to them land, when the ravages of ill-consider-Jed affection had been repaired, they would be on that job_agal So why could not Shanghai show the same spirit of active partner-chip? The question puzzled the stranger. He could not produce the answer out of his hat, as he twiddled uneasily in his hands. Yet he thought it eminently "reasonable. He was a stranger and he had not sensed the Shanghai atmosphere. Obviously he was no At confidant for an invalid lady suffering. from JJubliee ecstasy. As a gentleman, however, he could not leave without Jattempting to convey some consola~ tion. Bowing deeply he expressed his pleasure at the patient's evident return to her wonted serenity of Jrountenance and he added the view that when she and her sisters were fable to resume their labours, their graceful inspiration on Bubbling Well Road would assuredly point the way to a better and brighter and bigger Shanghai of the future. With that agile compliment of evasion. he took his hat and his departure. But when hho had plunged once more into the Imediey of Shanghai's traffic, he war joothered if he could understand what she had talked about—or what she fad "meant. Perhaps the meant Even a Grace can
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