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"I like the way you say that," said the countess "But don't leave her"

He nodded as if he understood, and graduallywhich Luce and Nell were sitting As he approached, Lady

Luce looked up with a s Miss Lorton that if there is one thing I adore upon

earth, it is a roeleford! A glamour of romance will surround you for the rest

of your lives As I have often said to Archie, life without sentiment

would not be worth having By the way, Miss Lorton, you know Sir Archie

Walbrooke?"

Nell had scarcely been listening, for she had been wondering whether she

could now rise and leave Lady Luce; but at the name of Sir Archie

Walbrooke, she turned with a sudden start, and the color rose to her

face Lady Luce looked at her sweetly; then, as if she had suddenly

re your pardon! I quite forgot How stupid of hed softly and looked froleford? It is always the best way"

The color slowly left Nell's face; a look of pain, of doubt, even of

dread, calanced from one woman to the other

"What is it Nell must have told me, Lady Luce?" he asked easily

Lady Luce hesitated, seemed as if in doubt for a moment, and smiled in

an embarrassed fashion

"Have you told him?" she asked Nell, in a low, but perfectly audible

voice