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Her forehead contracted slightly and she pressed her

lips together

"I suppose that even then the conspiracy was thoroughly

arranged," I said tauntingly, laughing a little

perhaps, and wishing to wound her, to take vengeance

upon her

She rose and stood by her chair, one hand resting

upon it I faced her; her eyes were like violet seas

She spoke very quietly

"Mr Glenarm, has it occurred to you that when I

talked to you there in the park, when I risked unpleasant

gossip in receiving you in a house where you had

no possible right to be, that I was counting upon so upon it?"

"You probably thought I was a fool," I retorted

"No;"-she sht-I believe

I have said this to you before!-you were a gentleman

I really did, Mr Glenarm I must say it to justify

ht,

when I played being Olivia, that you had a sense of

honor But you are not the one and you haven't the

other I even went so far, after you knew perfectly

ho I was, as to try to help you-to give you another

chance to prove yourself the randfather

wished you to be And now you co