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Show - ·kJ· ~~--- - J ,_.~_:;_;. _J-l~ \~ Jr -~· made half angry by his intelligence : - "-: '". ~~ -'~. and his assurance. Nevertheless, they f .. '-;:,~~~ fascinated her. She was accustomed i ~~;;::_.,to understand men much more thor,__ ·,.. # "" oughly than they understood her. •· -~.This man put her down from her seat of the mighty and calmly sank into it himself. He puzzled her immensely, but she felt certain that she did not puzzle him at aiL "I am not afraid of anything," she said. "You don't understand me." She stopped in the road. "One may choose not to do a thing without being afraid of doing it." "But if it is a thing one longs to do, madame?" He moved on a step, then looked back at Lady Wyverne as if summoning her. She stood firm, and he stopped with serene resignation. - "What on earth are we talking about?" she said, shrugging her little shoulders perversely. 40 "Your step farther." "I have taken it. And now I'm going back." "And to-morrow?" "To- morrow you will not be here." "But-if I, too, should be tempted to remain? Barbary sheep, you know, madame, Barbary sheep!" He laughed softly. "To-morrow I shall go to bed at half-past eight," replied Lady Wyverne, with an air of virtue that was too violent to be quite convincing. \::~;~;;~~:,: the warmth of his great red cloak, ""'" and smelt the faint odor of some - ....:;;<strange Oriental perfume that clung to his garments. "That is the difference between ·,·~~sC_ he added. "I am awake and |