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"My dear Myra, do try to preserve soently "Ad of Don Carlos toyou were betrothed to Tony, but, as I

have told you repeatedly, he was probably only following the custom of

his race and did not expect to be taken seriously in the first

instance"

"And is it an unheard-of thing in Spain for a betrothed girl to play

the part of coquette, and to flirt with the men who make love to her?"

interposed Myra again

"No, no, not at all, but I need hardly re simply 'isn't done' Besides, yours was no

mere flirtation You set out to fascinate and captivate Don Carlos, to

make him fall madly in love with you, and you seeed hiht to take what I said to Tony as a challenge, although I

confess I said it to tantalise hie, as beautiful and attractive as you, and I

had dared a hted, to say the least of

it, and regard hie," coh drily "You can't mean to say you