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No" she replied; II will share you
r heart with no one. Unless | have all
will have none. | will not go to Der
lin, and you must give up Madame Va
| Mira" she continued. Lance, you can
not hesitate, you must see your duty
> a married man wants no woman frien'
but his wife. Why should you spen,
long hours and whole days tete-a-tet'
with stranger? OF what can you fint
, to speak? You know in your hear
that you are wrong. You say no. Nov
in the name of common sense and fair
ness, let me ask, would you like me
to make of any man you know such {
friend as you have made of Madame
anira?"
"rhat is quite another thing" he re-
piled.
Lady Chandos laughed, sadly.
"Ehe usual refuge Of man when he
is brought to bay" she said. No
words no arguments will be of any use
to me; shall never be really friends
with you until you give up Madame Va
Mira"
"Then we will remain enemies he
replied. Il will never give up true
friend for the caprice of any woman, y
he replicd, "even though that woman
be my wife"
Neither will consent to go to Ber-
lin" she answered, gravely.
Then must go alone" he said. Il
will not be governed by caprices that
have in them neither reason nor
sense"
Chen" cried Lady Marion, 1T is
war to the knife between us. :"
WAR, If you will said Lord Chan
dos but always remember you can
put an end to the warfare when you
will"
Il shall appeal to Lady Lanswell and
to the Duke of Lester" said Lady
Marion, and her husband merely an
swered with a bow.
With them it was indeed war to the
knife" Such was the Gordan knot
that Lady Lanswell had to unite, and
it was the most difficult task Of her
life.
On the same evening when that con
versatiOn took place Lord Chandos
went to the opera, whore Leone was
playing Anne Boleyn. He waited un,
til she came out and was seated in
her carriage; then he stood for a few
moments leaning over the carriage
door and talking to her.
How you tremble, Leone" he said.
your face is white and your eyes all
fret"
"The spell is still on me-" she an.
swered. when | have thrown my
whole soul into anything, lose my
own identity for many hours. | wish,
she continued, that | did not so thor
oughly enter into those characters.
hardly realize tins moment whether |
am Anne Boleyn, the unhappy wife of
bluff King Hal, or whether am Leone,
the singer"
81 know which you are" he said his
eyes seeking hers with a wistful look
"All King Hal wives put together
are not worth your little finger, Leone.
See how the stars are shining. | have
something to say to you. May | drive
with you as far as Highgate HIP"
The beautiful face, all pale with pas
sion, looked into his.
cit Is against our compact" she said;
but you may If you wish"
The silent stars looked down IL pity
as he took his place by her side
Leone" he said, 81 want to ask You
something, A crisis is come in our
lives, My wife, who was told about
that day on the river has asked me to
give Zip your acquaintance.
A low cry came from the beautiful
lips. and the face of the fairest woman
in England grew deadly pale.
ITO give me up" she murmurcd;
"and you, Lord Chandos, what have
you saId?"
Il said No thousand times over,
Leone Our friendship is good and
pure one: | would not give it up for
any caprice In the world"
A great, fearless sob came from her
pale lips.
God bless you thousand times"
she said. so you would not give me
up, and you told them so?"
Yes; | refused to do anything Of
the kind" he replied why should |,
Leone? They parted us once by strata
gem, by intrigue, by working on all
that was weakest in my character.
Now we are but friends. simply hon
est friends Who shall part u.s."
She clasped his hand for an instant
In her own.
80 you will not give me up again.
Lance?" she said.
NO, | will die first. Leone. There
Is one thing more have to say. +
said that | would 20 to Berlin, and | |
have asked my wife to go with me:
she has refused and l have said that
would 80 alone. Tell me what you
think"
Il cannot think nothing perhaps
oh, Heaven help me,-perhaps as
your wife has told Won she will not 40 |