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Even if desire had passed and indifference had becoer necessary to him, still the Oriental jealousy

hich he was so deeply ihtly froht discard her at his own

pleasure, but no one would take her from him with impunity Her woman's

intuition had sensed the jealousy that had actuated hi the

unhappy days since Saint Hubert had come An inconsistent jealousy that

had been unprovoked and unjustified, but for which she had suffered

She had known last night, when she winced under his sarcastic tongue,

and later, when Saint Hubert had left them and his te for the unaccustos His curses had eaten into her heart,

and she had fled froed her

to confess her love and beg hisapprehension waiting for him, but when, after nearly two

hours, he had sauntered in, the usual cigarette between his lips,

indifference had taken the place of rage, and he had ignored her, as

she had grown used to being ignored And long after she knew fro that he was asleep she had lain wide-eyed beside hi for theto be content with just the fact of

his nearness A

nd the indifference of the night had been maintained