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After Henry had gone , Bella , who encouraged herself in the appropriation of phrases , said , `` Oh , ma , is n't he divine ? '' -LSB- Illustration : `` They Bowed and Smiled Until a Late Hour '' -RSB- A Saturday evening was a sign always for a larger crowd to parade the thoroughfare . In summer the band played until ten o'clock in the little park . Most of the young men of the town affected to be superior to this band , even to despise it ; but in the still and fragrant evenings they invariably turned out in force , because the girls were sure to attend this concert , strolling slowly over the grass , linked closely in pairs , or preferably in threes , in the curious public dependence upon one another which was their inheritance . There was no particular social aspect to this gathering , save that group regarded group with interest , but mainly in silence . Perhaps one girl would nudge another girl and suddenly say , `` Look !