The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-28
CHAPTER VI
4 Bad Omen.

THE door opened. young came IN .
4 slim, dark-hairad young man. whose looks BE-
traysd his foreign origin. he had black eyes
eyes that were not unlike Sir Hnary's-A sharply
pointed mustache thin brown hands, and he walked
with rather the faint indeseribabe swaggsF
Of the boulevards
His clothes fitted him perfectly and he wore q tiay
buttonhoe OF Parma volets. but there something
about him Patience did not for something that
Jared She suddenly felt herself contrasting this
stranger with Vernon RamseyVernon who looked such
a true gentleman, such honest Englshman-the sort
Of whose word his bond
Lady NARROW started the young man entered ms
studio nervous glance first at him and then
at Patience Then she recovered herself with little
laugh.
well Pierre" she cried. so you are hack again
uncle told he had written 70 ask over Let
me introduce you TO Miss Amherst who has come tc
stay My husbands nephew Mr.. Pierre Laderrei
Miss Patience Amherst"
The young Frenchman made low. somewhat exag-
gerated bow, and gave twiTl TO his mustache his
aunt introduced him Patience held out her hand and
proceeded to make some trivial remark about the
weather.
She was annoyed by the way the FFenchman stared
her for he managed to throw intense admiration into
his looks; was she at all pleased when he turned
with another to his
Aunt Cecilia" he said-there was the least trace OF
foreign accent in bis voiee-"my uncle wants you
1@t be anted lat YEAR You Remember she has
landed herself into the dear uncies study and he
cannot escape unless you descend Ike some T 6ina
and give her tea Ny uncle is bored to The point ot
Of the duchess he has nc further use for her-as may
well be imagined, her money being safely in his
pocket and her character stamped forever IN the
picture he drew Of her-her foolish, fatuous char
Patience glanced at NJ LaHerre with raised eye
brows She hated his satirical way Of speaking-the
low sneering voice.
as though follow her, tor sic thought she would
90 TO her and sit down and think quietly
what she had been tOld-the extraordinary
lat that just made to her; but Lady Mar
low turned ana glanced her her shoulder and
put a stop to this idea at
Don't leave the stldio, dear" she said anxously
'it would annoy Sir Hilary il he up in min
will be quite pleased have tea poor thing
She really is quite NICE, kind woman. It's wrong OF
Patience down IN her chair again, then glanced
up ind that Pierre Lafierre was lsughng-laugh-
1T is not often I get scoding from my aunt"
said; but then, ycu she is really quite
of the duehess-birds Of feather suppose" He drew
cigarette out q his pocket gold cigarette
with his initials on il in small briiiants-and
held il out 10 Patience.
frowned, and for second her young face looked
quite severe I think you very rude 10 speak
your aunt as you Lave spoken she remarked
codly
displesscd you, chere mademoiselie
really Aunt Cecilia-w1s she is clever"
That nothing te do with it." retoFted Patience
then she bit lips sharply for what OF
teaching Lady MarlOWs relations how to behave 10
heT7-thOugh ceTtainys IL her story true and she
really Patie1ces mother. It would be the girls
positive duty. well her strong desire to cham
pion the poor lady AZ for Sir Hilary-wel whether
he her father she could feel nothing but
the most passionate aversion for hiH-an intense and
almost overwhelming dislike
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