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l low his vest, and plucking II hair out o
n his moustache, he held it up to the ligh
. for Il moment. and then deity severed
D it with the blade.
e Put the Misunderstanding thing
I out Of sight said Mr.. Duplessis witt
e a shudder. II feel devil Juggling al
my heart when | look at it,
Ills but a pretty plaything, Mon
sieur Henri, which | always keep by
me-" said Antoine with an evil smile
: "a toy, tritle; but such as it is, it il
: always at my masters service-alwavs
CHAPTER vI-TM TICS AT BELAIR
When Frederica Spencelaugh prom.
ised her uncle that she would give Mr.
Duplessis an opportunity Of pleading
his suit in person, she did not see the
full danger of the concession she was
making nor was she. indeed, just then
in mood to care for anything beyond
the one bitter fact, that she was deser-
ted by the man she loved. AS days
and weeks passed on, the first sharp
agony of her wound began to wear it.
self away, leaving IN its stead Il dull
aching pain; and, whether sleeping OF
waking, the constant sense Of some
great and irreparablc loss. Then, too,
for the first time, she learned the mean
ing of the word nerves. She grew
morbid and melancholy, and would sit
alone for hours. brooding, ever brood
ing and when the ghostly solitude of
| lD, II
bearable. she would order Zuleik0 to
be saddled, and would gallop far away
over the breezy downs, or by the lone
ly shore, in vain search for her Old
joyous self, only to return home weary
and dispirited, sick of the glaring sun
shine, and the rude ocean breezes, in
which there was no sympathy with the
dark misery gnawing at her heart
But to the world. Frederica was the
same fearless, proud-spirited creature
she had ever been clear-eyed and
heart-whole ; and except that her head
dropped little weariedly now and
then. and that her colourless cheek had
a slightly worn look, such as had never
been there before. there was nothing to
tell of the struggle within.
Not many days were suffered to
elapse before the rash promise she had
made was recalled to Frederica's mind !;
and although she would have given
much to revoke it, vet seeing how inn
possible it was for her to do so, she
was far too straightforward and fear
less to shrink from the consequences
of what she had done bnt she soon
gave Mr.. Duplessis to understand, and
that without saying Il word on the sub
ject, that the advantages which he
would gain from her promise would be
trifling indeed and had not the Cana
dian been Il man Of exemplary patience,
he would probably have been disgusted
by the GOODNESS of his reception. and
have cried Off before many weeks
were over. But Henri Duplsssis was
not easily balked when he had set his
heart on anything.
His object after Sir Philip had told
him. with garrulous eagerness. that
Miss Spencelaugh had promised to
try to like him Il little had been to
seek an interview with Frederica, and
with all the warmth and Fashion. real
and simulated. which he could sum
mon for the occasion, To lay himself,
metaphorically. ut her feet, and. if
possible. to wiring from her a further
promise of one day becoming his wife.
But when he saw, one time after an
other. how persistently trcdrica relIls-
ed to give him the desired opportunity :;
how. by no scheming. would she allow
! herself to be left alone with him for Il
minute and when ut last it dawned on
his mind THAT the promise she had Civ
en- entirely out of Difference to her un-
cle's wishes, and not in the least de-
gree through any regard for himself 4;
lent attempts at commonplace love
making. he should frighten his bird
beyond recall; he wisely determined
to change his tactics. and to win his
way to her regard through her intel
lect. before laNing siege to the turtrces
of her heart.
Mr. Duplessis. whilo admitting the
full difficulties of the task before him,
never allowed himself to despair. His
experience Of the sex had unconscious
! ly led him to form such good opinion
of his own qualifications. that he was
not troubled with any doubts rs to his
ultimate success III the present instance,
He was acute enough to perceive. what
no one else suspected, that the shadow
ofsome old love was still lingering in the
heart Of Frederica bat he wisely kept
his knowledge To himself, trusting to
time and his own efforts To pull down
the image of his unknown rival. and
set up that of Henri Duplessis i'll its
,place. From the day ON which he de-
cided to change his mode Of action, he
no longer sought for opportunities OF
finding Frederica alone and when La
dv Spencelaugh once or twice attempt
ed. good-naturedly, to make such oc-
casions for him, he shrank from accept
inc them, and seemed unaccountablA
to have become rs shy and retiring It's
his lady-lovc herself.
When. on the other hand, Miss
Spencelaugh and ho met III the presence
OF others, and hetter still. il there were
only Il third person present and cs-
pceialiy il that third person were Mis-,
Ora raXton-eN-govern mt Belalr: mid
dle-aged. snutty, bat still delightfully."-
sentimental, and ut present on visit
to her old pupil-then would Mr. Dup
lessis exert himself to the utmost tl
LlnzZlr and fasrinntp Erplnrirn