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"I was not pretending, Myra," interrupted Don Carlos "I love you with

every fibre ofIt was only pretence where the other women

are--and were--concerned I confess I tried to make you feel jealous,

and I trust I succeeded?"

"I a her eyelids to flash

another alluring and provocative glance at him "Unless there is love,

there can hardly be jealousy If I were desperately in love with a man

who did not care for me, or pretended he did not, I should not have the

heart to try to make any other man fall in love with me How can you

expect me to believe you are really in love withlove to other woive me but a chance to prove an to talk about saluests approached

Myra did not give hi

the rest of the evening, but she contrived to tantalise and puzzle him

further, nevertheless She pleaded tiredness when he asked her to

dance after dinner, but danced with other men, and she was unusually

affectionate in herher, which was often