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Expectant, and a trifle apprehensive, Myra awaited events Nothing

happened A week elapsed without her seeing, or hearing from, Don

Carlos, and when she made inquiries about him she learned from Tony

that he had returned to Spain

"Said he had soe

for our entertainment at his place out there," explained Tony "He

promised to be back in time to join the yacht at Southampton"

Myra was piqued It hurt her pride to think she had not made a

conquest after all, and had

she had made Don Carlos fall in love with her

"What a fool I feel!" soliloquised Myra "I was confident he was in

desperate earnest and was crazy abouthow

to resist and repel hi off to

Spain without even calling to say good-bye, and with never a farewell

note Oh, what an exasperating creature!"