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see been seen

in the neighbourhood for uests "But I doubt if he has taken fright, as the Captain suggests

He isn't easily scared"

He made no atteht

hi at her with an expression that baffled her and uely uneasy He looked, somehow, like a schoolboy with a

sphinx-like expression, planningso ," Myra reflected, as she dressed for dinner that evening

"I wonder if he really has a heart, or if he is acting all the tiht, and once again it was a

triu the meal an orchestra,

composed of some of the servants on the estate, clad in picturesque

national costu music

Outside, the courtyard was festooned with coloured lights and around

lighted braziers groups of athered, feasting, singing, playing and dancing

"To-night, if it pleases you, illfestival in your honour," said Don Carlos when dinner was over

"I would advise you all to put on your warht

winds here in the Sierra Morena are treacherous"