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tas Lam could be flippant. ue
_ Cicely. Deane, and, though
» and: wish you to understand that 1.
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odo, J ack?” she asks, leaning
table to reach a book; a nd steadying hers
shoulder... > oo
- £'Trying to do?” he
of desecration, the other imprisoning his com panton’s,: ’
ing to make love to'you; Cicely.’ Is it ANY GOON
_For an instant she rémains motionless; then she snatches her band:
from his’shoulder as if it had been stung, crimsons to theroots of”
her hair; ‘and says, her voice. quivering with pain’ and .anger— [eye
. ‘Jack Everard, ‘how—low dare you make ‘me an answer like’:
that? “You know how 1 dislike flippant speeches of the kind)”. 7)"
““Flippant!’” he answers: hotly. —'©¥V did not mean’ i
Nobody as much in’ earnes
asks, lewitng across the |
elf-with'the help of his bent”
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pul :
Mitte ae eee! ae Moyea ote agent bese te >
repeats, one hand quickly veiling the. work::,
“Lam try:
oF
l know 1 am not worthy of you, J ask
my knees, if you like,
you to be my’ wife’ on “Do You think Jam *
In earnest now??? NE a cla bach ugh nase aha
‘Yes,’ she says, panting.a little, and raising’ her eyes, gleaming, «.:
wrathful, defiant, to his eager face. /,** I_belicve you.are in earnest;
am. in, earnest too, thoroughly «.
in earnest, when L beg of you, Jack Ey
verard, if you.valuc my estecm,.
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glass decanter slips from. his. meddlesome fingers. to the’ floor... 4 my
** What a pity! The day is: perfect, is’ it MOO? sy ae 3 MT
*-,**1 dare say you wish I were, Lady. Emily,” he answers, with an 4 “t i
awkward laugh; “‘ but, untortunately for you, it’s a blind day.::1,, 10 3
wonder where Cicely is; 1 have been Jooking for her, every where,,.- of wh
’ She asked me to. get her some ferns a few days.ago; and :1 don’t’ 1
know if they’re ‘the right ‘sort. ~, Oi Seapee¥ uthod alr ly tee Tate mn
“Cicely ?”’—briskly. ‘1 think she’s gone down to. the church to,; ha ‘
practice the new. 7’e Deum. 1 have’ not; seen her for. some, time; .; i hue
you'll surely find, her there, or up at the school-house. oy.) sos i me
‘No; l’ve tried, both, unsuccessfully..,,.Old:Crofts,said/she-had : I
returned home. 1 can’t 'imayine where she. has hidden herself.” , ,,: toot
_, However, some five minutes later he runs hei, to. earth intheolu,, 5 pi
_ day-nursery, where she has taken refuge ‘trom the prevailing’ bustle; | Mor
to copy some music... sided viloc® a ced po
*“ May I come in?” he asks wistfully. -‘ Shall: Ibe as much in: : IN,
the way here.as 1 seem to be everywhere else, Cicely ???iosi- You” ane
~ ** Not-if you sit quite still and do not expect to be entertained,’ : 4 :
she answers compasedly. -.‘‘I-have to make out-five copies of this | the
wretched ; 7'e Dewm before afternoon practice. Oh, dear, 1. do wish! - a 1M
amateur organists would be content: with: Mozart, Haydn}! and Co. 51: : i a
and not force their compositions. on the-public!: It-is' weary: work,”’ toon
‘* How: neatly -you-do :it! “What: clever: fingers you.-have,: Miss::: - , tt
Deane!’’ he says, ‘throwing himself into a‘ chair, and. leaning -his:: j
arms.on the tables. pe. ee Payee eps a
She puts a slim finger. to. her lips in warning reply...‘ > oe 4
Twenty minutes pass:by.in profound silence: Everard takes up ou doe
pen;:for which he finds swift employment.: 'To his horror, the young” Ay
man becomes aware. that ‘he has!:been’ illustrating the margin of one “ {
of Miss-Deane’s finished copies with skeleton hunting-sketches, add.“ fy
ing arins.and legs ‘tothe crotchets and: quavers, giving features to’)
~ the open notes. “omg gave oth fle toerif adi hap Pag Gifs aay |
“What are you trying t 4
wise aSa bt io