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"So you have only beena part as usual, to

flatter your own vanity!" she exclaimed "I am sorry now that Tony's

ai a second time"

"The result would have been just the same, Myra," Don Carlos responded

"The pistol was loaded with blank cartridges I deliberately left it

within the reach of Standish, to see if he would have the nerve to use

it, and to see how you would behave if he fired at , that you showedthat you love me best Dear heart, I shall treasure

the ave voluntarily"

"I would kiss any ruffian who begged ," said Myra "You have no reason to flatter yourself on the

success of your play-acting trickery"

"Myra, don't you think you have resisted h?" countered Don Carlos "Must I take still stronger

measures to induce you to surrender yourself voluntarily? What if I

tell you that I propose to have Antony Standish branded with hot irons

and scourged as a punishive