Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12
CONTINUED from Yesterdays Starr
CHAPTER XXYIII.
Lady Weymouth.

car. turning in at the Annette
gate and rolling up the road to the
veranda Of the villa. reminded Joanna
that Lady Weymouth. Teddy Dor
minister's sister. had telephoned early
in the morning that she would like
to come out for a chat. Something
rather personal between you and me
my dear" she had said in her I'M
pulsive, staccato way. You may
give mo a cup of tea. and a brandy
and soda and when we've had a chat
show me over the grounds. II you
will. am all excited by what 1
hear OF the preparations you are
making for your big affair"
Brandon frowned when Joanna got
up from the bench and insisted that
she must go to the house to greet
her visitor.
But we were just beginning to get
somewhere. weren't WEI" he pro-
tested.
Were WEI" she asked, looking at
him, coolly. You were telling m
that Yvonne IL following the only
honest path for a woman to take;
that she is going straight to the goal
of her desire. ! believe you said that
she must see some promise of novelty
in stirring Johns madness and satis-
faction in proving that she could go
in where only an angel would be
o advise me that II was time / drop
my pretenses and take love as l find
1t. I didn't know you were particu-
larly trying to get anywhere"
Brandon. who had remained on the
bench when the girl stood. rose. If
there were a mask to drop his fell
for q feettnY moment. He caught
Joanna's arm and swung her about
until she stood close and looked up
into his face. But when he spoke his
voice was like the smoothness OF the
motor In her Daimler car. 1t purred
And 1t was insolent.
II said all Of that, and MORE he
murmured. II said that you were a
cheat; an imposter in the order yon
have chosen to enter. You are play
ing every night and day of your life
with flame, and foolishly think you
aren't being burned. but you are
The deadliest burning, you know. Is
the kiss OF an invisible fire that goes
deep before II pains. You are being
scorched by the ridicule of those who
know that you only pretend that you
don't understand Kenilworth. Michael
and the others. and the contempt
they have for one who tries to be dis
Greet but is only deceitful. We had
got that far"
For an instant anger famed IN the
gold brown eyes that looked up into
his she trennbled, and the tangerine
glow came into her cheeks. Then
she was calm. again. and inscrutable
Put what futile progress" she
Knocked him. You read me a lesson
from a book learned by heart. long
,go-when / was twenty-seven of the
silks. 1t used to be, you know. that
we needed to be told that II we in
vited we would be expected to accept:
that II we made ourselves into a well
come sign we might as we'll say
come in We've learned all that now.
And we know when to say come in
and when to say go to the devil,
How much further did you think to
go?"
He still spoke softly; still remind
ed her of the low hum Of the motor
In her car. Far beyond all of that
my dear Joanna, Up to the very
edge of all your make believe" Sud
denly his manner changed. He
dropped the hand he had held with
tight, nerveless clasp. His smile
came back to the corners of his
mouth. He spoke airily. But the
claimed. "One must not profess love
and make its demands and propose
its bargains when tempers are out
of tune; should they?"
She regarded him from f-closed
lips before she spoke. Then she said
You are the cheat, you know. Be
cause you hadn't said anything about
love. You'd been trying to get
wherever you were starting for with
that part Of 1t. Next time. remem-
Der. Neither Rody nor Michael were
30 clumsy as to forget"
And she turned away and left him
Lady Weymouth. a sprightly. costa :
tic young woman Of that English sort
which possesses two distinct char
acters. the one that shows and the
one that Is hidden. often as opposite
as the poles. greeted Joanna effu-
sively when the girl reached the villa
verandas. where the visitor had
chosen to walt. Joanna was fond OF
Teddy Dorminster's sister. but 1t was
a shy fondness that she never quite
revealed Betty Weymouth was diff
ferent, some way, from others Of the