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At heart Myra was a little scared, although her pride would not pere the fact She reht at Auchinleven, with the i upon her

that someone had touched her, and had found Don Carlos's note on her

pillow She remembered his threats or prouests were tired after their long journey, and the party

broke up about eleven o'clock Myra went to her own grey and rose

bedroo ood-night

"What did he ht?"

she wondered "What am I scared about? He surely wouldn't be so

dastardly as to force his way into my room Oh, I wish I hadn't

coo to bed, flung

herself down in a chair by the fire, and lit a cigarette Presently

the room seemed to her oppressively hot and she rose and opened the

case about in the dark

courtyard below, and again she felt unreasoningly apprehensive until

cohts were probably lanterns carried by

outdoor servants attending to their duties

At last she heard a clock in one of the corridors strike twelve, and as