Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-07
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you. To allow a feeling OF peevish-
ness TO overwhelm all your affection
for And-e!"
Il have no affection for him.
had once. He chose to extinguish 1t.
He can go to the devil: and please
observe that l don't permit you u
iaterfere."
Andr,-Louis shrugged his shout
ders and hung his head. He had
come there so joyously, in sucn
yearning. merely to receive n final
dismissal. He looked at Alinc. Her
face was pale and troubled: but her
wit failed to show her how she
could come to his assistance. His
excessive honesty had burnt all his
boats.
= She answered his look by a glance
at her furious uncle, a faint shrug.
and a lift of the eyebrows, detection
the while in her countenance.
1t was as If she said: You see
his mood. There is nothing TO he
done"
He bowed with that singular
grace the fencing-room had given
him and went out by the door.
"Oh, it is cruel!' cried Aline, in n
stiaed voice, her hands c%lenched,
and she sprang to the window.
"Aline!' her uncle'g voice arrest :
ed her. "Where are you going?"
He called after her. imperiously
commanding her return. But Aline
-dutiful child-closed her ears lest
she must disobey him, and sped
light-footed across the lawn to the
avenue, there to intercept the de-
parting Andre-Louis.
AS he came forth wrapped In
gloom, she stepped from the Dor
dering trees into his path.
"Aline!" he cried, joyously al
most.
"I did not want you to go like
this" she explained herself. II know
that his great soft heart will pres
emily melt. He will send for you,
and he will not know where TO
send"
you think that?"
ooh, 1 know it! You arrived in a
bad moment. He is peevish and
cross-grained, poor nal since he
came here. He wearieS himself
away from his beloved Gavrillac.
Brittany, you must know, was be-
coming too unsafe. The chateau OF
La Tour d'Azyr was burnt to the
ground some months ago. And for
this and his present discomfort he
blames you and your friends. But
he will come round presently. And
tnen we snail Walt " hlOW WLSlS
to find you"
"At number 1S, Rue du Hasard."
"Tell me, Andre" She paused, as
If in some difficulty, and then went
on, her eyes upon the ground: "Tell
me-the truth of that event at the
Feydau."
The request fetched a frown to
his brow. He suspected at once the
thought that prompted it. Quite
simply and briefly he gave her his
version of the affair.
THAT is much what I was told"
she said. But it was added that
M. de La Tour d'Azyr had gone to
the theatre expressly for the pur-
pose of breaking finally with Ia
Binet. DO you know if that was SOP
II don't; nor of any reason why
1t should be so. La Binet provided
him the sort of amusement that he
and his kind are forever craving
"Oh, there was a reason" she in
terrupted him. 81 was the reason. [
spoke to Nine. de Sautron. l told
her that I would not continue to
receive one who came to me con-
taminated in that fashion" She
spoke of it with obvious difficulty,
her color rising as he watched her
half-averted face.
an. de Sautron conveyed my de-
cision to him and afterwards repre-
sented him to me as a man in de-
SPAR, repentant, ready to give
proofs-any proofs-of his sincerity
and devotion to me. He told me
I that M. de La Tour d'Azyr had
sworn to him that he would cut
short hat affair, that he would see
La Binet no more. And then, on
the very next day I heard of his
!, having all but lost his life In that
riot al the theatre"
ooh, If M. de La Tour d'Azyr has
sworn :" Andre-Louis was
laughing on a bitter note Of sar-
casm. -.
Either she did not hear or did
not heed him.
''You do not of your own knowl-
edge know that it was not as M. de
la Tour d'AZyr asserts-that he
went to the Feydau that night?"
IT don't" he admitted. ut is, of
course, possible. But does 1T mat
ut might matter. Tell me: what
became Of La Binet after alp
II don't know"
consider him. "And you can say it
with that indifference! I thought .
I thought you loved her, Andre"
$50 did !, for a little while. l was
mistaken. 1t required a La Tour
d'Azyr to disclose the truth to me-
They have their uses, these gentle
men. They help stupid fellows like
myself to perceive important
truths"
They had reached the wrought
iron gates at the end of the avenue.
Through these they behind the
waiting yellow chaise which had
brought Andre-Louis. From near
at hand came the creak of other
wheels, the beat of other hoofs. and
o another vehicle came in sight,
and drew to a standstill. The lady
who occupied the carriage, per-
ceiving Aline. waved to her and is
sued a command.
CHAPTER "
The footman opened the door
letting down the steps and proffer-
ing his arm to his mistress to assist
her to alight. She was a woman OF
something more than forty, who
once must have been very lovely,
who was very lovely still with the
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