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It was Tony Standish who found hi, and alan to

feel jealous, really jealous, of Don Carlos de Ruiz Myra danced three

times with the Spaniard, and "sat out" twowith hi all her powers

of attraction and fascination, continually te Don Carlos to break

his promise

His dark eyes told her that she had fired his heart and set his pulses

throbbing with desire, but no word of love crossed his lips When they

were dancing together, however, more than once he crushed her close to

his breast, but Myra did not rebuke him, and several times she squeezed

his hand and deliberately brushed his cheek with her hair during a

Tango

"I rather fancy I ae, and

Don Carlos de Ruiz will learn to his cost that it isn't safe to trifle

with Myra Rostrevor," she reflected "I suppose I aht"

She was careful to lock and bolt her bedrooht burning and sat up in bed waiting and

watching expectantly Two o'clock chi to

nod drowsily, when a faint sound brought her to sudden wakefulness and

alertness So the door of her bedroom! She saw the

door-handle turn, and she held her breath and listened intently The

handle turned againturned back to its original position And