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"Myra!" gasped Lady Ferand! You--you don't mean actually married?"

"I don't believe it could have been a proper h

Don--er--Cojuelo swore the man who perfor her aunt's eyes "I don't

suppose it matters much nohether I am Cojuelo's wife--or only his

h hite to the lips as she repeated

the words "You mean that he----?"

The hot colour stained Myra's pale face as she old head in shah aled hands "What and?"

"He taunted me--and Tony failed"I wish I were dead"

"Does Don Carlos know?" asked her aunt, and again Myra flushed as she

nodded assent

"Yes, he alone knows, Aunt," she said, "and he alone knohether the

h, still wringing her hands, rose and paced agitatedly up

and down the roo to think of so the situation

"I will see Don Carlos, Myra, beg hi hie was a farce and apause "He is a chivalrous gentleman,