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Lady Ferarded her in ahter

"Oh, you irls!" she exclaimed "You think you know such a lot

and are so advanced, yet you are as easily scared or fooled as any

country maiden in Victorian times"

"My dear aunt, Don Carlos de Ruiz can neither scare nor fool ht to object to his atteed to Tony Standish"

"Remember he is a Spaniard, reatest compliment a Latin can pay a woman is to make

love to her--and the

complimentary Don Carlos de Ruiz probably makes love to every woman

he meets, which very likely explains why he is so popular Why, my

dear, he almost made love to me!"

"But he didn't tell you he wanted to marry you, did he, Aunt Clarissa,

swear he would win you by hook or by crook, and vow that Old Nick

hi you his own?" inquired Myra,

beginning to shed heartily