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mine II positively envied her now. For
the first time in my life felt an over
whclming desire to drown the thought Of
The morrow in foods Of bitter tears
Nothing. ne strong will, no sense of proper
dignity saved me; only as picked up my
handkerchief De Musset's description Of
his face after two hsurs' prolonged sob
bing flashed across me. If poet could
net give the rein 10 his woe with impuni-
| ty, could mere ordinary heiress? Lady
Kingsroysl's second ball, psople said, was
more brilliant than the frs. l thought
it identical, emily that the people who
hated that they admired me then, now,
after sight weeks acquaintance. vowed
they loved me. 1 night have thought it
the same. The evening was passing on
when Sir Ralph Ceurtois, at the end Of
/ his dance, explained was just the kind
OF girl, With no aesthetic or lcarnes or
| philanthrspio nonsense about me, whe
would suit him and when ! said ss gently
as could. whea he began to enlarge on
| the future when | should h0'd the lamp to
sciences and he weuld make the discov-
cries, HAT he was totally mistakes, he de.
parted forgetting he had taken me to
room away from the general crowd. 1t
1 COQlQ SOL DO 4C1 >S1s ! COu1u nOb val Hill
back or hurry after to explain that,
though / did not want his hand, did his
arm 10 take Me back to the ball room.
So 1 waited till either was missed or
some chance passer-y tsok compassion
on me. / dent know about the former,
bat had not long to wait for the latter.
II am fortunate Miss Verayne, to find
the Queen of Beauty for once without her
court"
'The Queen? oh, me-" / stammered.
What a foel was. l never used to be
shy; was not stammering schsel girl
to others, / wouldn't be to him ''Ah, I
am Venus Victrix; like Sabina. I put to
fight my adorers, making an elephastine
effort at wit.
Eyes, you dismissed courtiers with
scant ceremony. Don't look at me sus-
piciously. please. have right to be
here. Suppose for moment am an ex-
ira waiter, hired for the night. You re-
membsr when fshed up The ayah, I
asked if I might some day name my own
reward. was going to Ascot, but
hadn't time. Win you give me a dancer"
answered as grayely as he spoke; Il
shall be pleased; as ana equally engaged.
will you like the next. or" and there /
stopped, stupidity staring at anything ex-
cept him.
fare ven locking for the badge of my
trader You need nct fer If all London
goes supperless tonight, shall wait only
on ysu. Msaina. may I tell you how
love you, how since first saw you I have
found no other fair face but yours? Do
you think, dear. you can ever care for
me?"
wsnder if people are often as happy
as was fer one short moment. IT'S odd,
isa't it, enc always forgess what We ought
to remember2" remarked wisely. II am
not angry, yoa know; but oughtn't yeu
to remember you are engaged2"
"Ah, SO ought, and SO ought you" he
answered without trace of enbarrass-
ment be ought to have felt.
81 do, thank you; have never forgot
ten. said with freezing dignity.
'Fhen what do you think Of Ryven
bourn?" he said with undue eagerness.
II never think at all; it's toe much
trouble; either know or feel" l began
slowly, to be Interrupted quickly
But yeu can't know anything about
him: you haven't even seen him.
mo, and don't yeu see it's oBly fair to
him not 10 think about himS" | tried to
explain, my dignity somehow vanishing
Miss Verayne, refuse to carry out such
an absurd. nay, positively wicked coR-
tract And if he demands all yeur for
tune az ransom, won't you come TO meY'
Whatever Ryvenbourn might think, to
me, Jim Revere, you are all that the world
holds of life or happiness"
The temptation Was great, 80 great that
felt unless / took Stern's advice and
fled, it would conquer me; SO rose
And supposing could be dishonor-
able, dc you think | would ask or even
let you be So for meY l said, looking
down to avoid seeing his eyes.
But suppesing ted yeu Ryvenbourr
was not worthy? And for you, you must
see there can be little dishenor in break
ing on such an engagement or else why
do men, men-honerable Men as the world
goes-propose to you, knowing of its ex-
Islence?"
81 dent know, / have netting to do
with their sense of honor; only don't you
ask me, please DON'T [ repeated, and
foolish as the words were, he saw meant
thea, and obeyed.
At the cad of shat dance, as he took me
back IL Aunt Alpha, he said gently, Miss
Verayne, forgive mo for speaking. What
l said was ali the more objectionable, be-
Cause l know that Ryysnbourn would
count all else well lost to gain you
II was odd, ought to have been raiser
able, but wasn't bit. felt that even
lag as fanatics may who sacrifice happi-
ness, life and all to 9 scrupie. | knew the
only man whose opiaisn l cared about
thought well of me; and what the future
might held was lost ia that golden light
But ] was downcast enough when the
morning that was to decide my fate
dawned. However uHflinching might
yield TO my destiny, there was no need to
60 halfway to meet it. If Lord Ryven
bourn might happily already have the
faintest wish to release me, nothing on my
part shou d attempt him to alter his mind.
| made my faithful Raj Hahal spend