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"No, o as far as that," she answered

"You don'tto that effect to

you?"

"Yes, both last night at the dance, and again a few o--and he

said it as if he antly conceited Spaniard not to pester ain"

"My dear child, don'tso

foolish You need not take Don Carlos too seriously He is veryof a Don Juan, and likely makes

love as a pastime I met many of his type when your Uncle was in the

Diplomatic Service--wealthy bachelors who made love to almost every

pretty woman they met, provided always, however, that the wo caught in the

from my experience,

that Don Carlos probably would only have paid you co love to you, if he had not known you were engaged"

"That sort of philanderer deserves to be kicked or horsewhipped, Aunt

Clarissa, fora mockery of love"