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be refused any
I Chateaurey swung round.
q! Ton dared refuse your bits Of
1 Ivory when you were honored By an
offer for them
Cecil stood silent. His eve met his
chiefs steadily. Chateauroy haze seen
that look when his chasseur had beard
/ ed him in the solitude Of his tent and
demanded back the Pearl OF the Des-
ert.
i The princess glanced at both. Then
she stopped her elegant head slightly
to the marquis.
Do not blame your corporal unjust
~ through me, pray you. He refused
any price. but he offered them to me
very gracefully as a gift. though, Of
course. it was not possible that I
should accept them so. .
he man is the most insolent fell
low in the service" muttered her host
as be motioned Cecil back off the ter
race. Get you gone, sir. and leave
4 your toys here or will have them
broken up by a hammer
The words We're low, that they
should not offend the ears OF the great
/ ladies' who were his listeners, but they
We're coarselv savage in their whisper
i ed commanc, and the princess heard
/ them.
He has brought his chasseur here
only to humiliate him." thought miladi
with the same thought that flashed
4 through the mind of the little Friend
of the Flag where she hid among her
/ rhododendrons. Now. the dainty aris-
tocrat was very proud, but she was
not 50 proud but that justice was stron-
/ ger than pride.
Wait, she said. moving little to-
ward them, while she let her eyes rest
on the carver Of the sculptures with a
i grave compassion, though she address
ed his chief. You wholly mistake me.
laid no blame whatever on your cor
i poral Let him take the chessmen back
4 with him. would on no account rob
him of them. / can well understand
that he does not care to part with such
i would not appraise them by their worth
4 In gold only shows that he is q true
artist, as doubtless also he is a true
! soldier
The words were spoken with a graz
cious courtesy, the clear, cold tone of
/ Ter habitual manner just marking in
them still the difference of caste be-
i interceded, as she would equally have
! interceded for a dog who should have
been threatened with the lash because
he had displeased her. That very tone
struck a sharper blow to Cecil than the
insolence Of his commander had power
i to deal him. His face flushed little.
i He lifted his cap to her with grave
reverence and moved away.
i thank you, madame. Keep them,
If you will SCI far honor me-. .
1 The words reached only her ear. In
another instant he had passed away
down the terrace steps, obedient to his
chiefs dismissal.
All, have no kind scruples in keep
i ing them, madame Chateauroy laugh.
ed to her as she still held in her hand
doubtfully the white sheik of the chess
Arabs. II will see that Bella aire,
peur, as they call him. does not suffer
by losing these trumperies, which,
1 believe, old Zist-et-Zest, a veteran Of
ours and a wonderful carver, had real
I he. You must not let your gracious
pity be moved by such fellows as these
troopers of mine. They are the most
ingenious rascals in the world and
know as well how to produce dramat-
ic effect in your presence as they dc
8 how to drink and to swear when they
are out of it.
i Every possibly she said, with an in.
/ dolent Indifference But that man
was no actor, and / never saw a gen
tleman il he has not been one.''
Like enough answered the mar,
quis. believe many gentlemen
come in our ranks who have fed their
native countries and broken all laws
from the Decalogue to the Code Napo.
leon. So long as they fight well we
don't ask their past criminalities."
''Of what country is your corporal? 2"
Il have not an idea. / imagine his
past must have been something very
4 black indeed, for the slightest trace OF
it has never that know of been allow
ed to let slip from him. He encourages
the men in every insubord ination. buys
their favor with every sort Of stage
trick, thinks himself the finest gentle
man in the whole brigades Of Africa
and ought to have been shot long ago
4 if he had had his real deserts.
She let her glance dwell on him with
contemplation that was half con
temptuous amusement. half unexpress-
ed dissent.
Il wonder he has not been since you
j have the ruling of his fate" she said,
with slight smile lingering about the
proud, rich softness OF her lips.
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