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"After all," said the Greek, after a silence which said rity which must

influence you; not what others think of you It is not as if your

husband thought better of you than you really are"

"And you believe that I--" Laodice began and stopped, bewildered

A, moved toward the inner corridor of her house At

the threshold of the arch she called back: "Please yourself, one

Laodice was, by this time, stunned and intensely repelled The hand on

which Aled under the touch

Unconsciously she shook off the sensation of contact The whole clear

white interior of the hall beca were shaken; the wholesale assaults on her ideals left

her shocked and unconfident She felt the panic that all innocent

women feel when suddenly aroused to the unfitness of their

surroundings

When she turned to hurry to her room, a flood of scarlet rushed into

her cheeks and she shrank back, shaken with surprise and delight

Before her stood a man, pale and thin, with his eyes upon her