Evening star., 1922-12-26
CONTINUED From Yesterdays s,ar.)

She tapped the tennis ball from her
racket to his chest. hitting it back
and back again, as II he were a wall.
For some minutes lie Breton watched
her In an amused manner, as IL she
we're something so favored that she
could do what she liked with him.
Then he caught the ball and stopped
the game.
I've Il challenge for you. too.
Pansy." he said. "Will you meet me
tonight. after dinner, near the foun-
tain?'
1T wouldn't require great amount
of courage to do that"
will you como them"
You said / wasn't 10 wander about
the grounds alone at night"
Til come for YOU then, since you're
so anxious TO comply with my de-
sires.'
Comply with my desires" she
repeated mockingly That's a nice.
useful phrase to hurl about"
There was an air of unusual and
unaccustomed patience about lie Bre-
ton. as he argued with his moonbeam
Curious glances were east i'll the di-
rection of the couple. Miss Langham
had never been seen to favor n man
as she was favoring the French mil
lionaire.
Birds of feather" someone re-
marked
With some surprise young Cam
eron watched her. Another watched
her. too. The red-faced. fshy-eyed
man from whose undesired attentions
lie Breton had rescued her Il few
nights before.
''If you don't come 7 shall know
what to think" lie Breton said. THAT
you dare not
\ suspicion of a blush deepened the
pink in the girls checks.
And if do come, what shall you
think them she asked with Il non
chalant air.
'Itll he quite time enough to tell
you when that comes to pass" he
answered.
Pansy had no intention that 1t
should come to pass. Raoul lie
Breton might keep the tryst if he
liked. but she would not be there.
Not if she could help it-a little
voice within her added.
CHAPTER NIlT.
when night came Pansy tried not
to think of lie Breton, but the idea
OF him out there i'll the moonlight
haunted her. She wondered how long
he would wait. patience did not look
TO be one of his virtues.
There was a dance at the hotel
again that evening. As She whiried
round and round, slim and light. look
ing in her chiffon and diamonds Il
creature of mist and dew. her
thoughts were with none OF her part :
mrs. They were out IL the garden
with the big, InaSterful man who was
80 different from al others OF his
sex who had come into her life
By midnight the Edicti"s were over.
fauSy went Up To her room. But she
did not 80 to bed. DismIssin9 her
maid. she went out on the balcony
and stood there watching the sea, as
sl,, had watched il barely It week be
fore. when lie Errtun had come into
htr life.
The world was as white and peace
ful rs then. the sea a stretch Of mur-
nuruiiS silver: the garden yagucly
Sighiug: the little. moist. cool puifs
of wind Iudeued with the scent of
roses and the fraEranc" OF foreign
flow crS.
As she watched the scene. an over
powcring desire to go and sec If Lc
de sire that rapidly became an ohses-
sion.
OF course, hr would not stay from 9
O'clock until after midnight.
For all that Pansy felt She must
go. That she must linGer for I,
moment in the spot where he had
fingered
She turned quickly into her room;
then out into the corridor: down the
stairs and on toward II door that led
out into the grounds.
once there, Tn. moonlight drew her
on toward the fountain.
on reaching the trySting-piacc there
Was no sign of any body there.
With Il feeling of intense disap-