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His cousin shook her headthat you had lost your sense of humour!"

"I am in earnest," he persisted "Africa has turned out to be my Eldorado Quite unexpectedly, I must admit, I came in for a considerable su off the es at Dominey at once, and I want Henry to jot down on paper at once those few ah to lend me in the old days"

Caroline, Duchess of Worcester, sat perfectly still for a moment with her mouth open, a condition which was entirely natural but unbeco

"And you mean to tell me that you really are Everard Doht of evidence is rather that way," he murmured

He moved his chair deliberately a little nearer, took her hand and raised it to his lips Her face was perilously near to his She drew a little back--and too abruptly

"My dear Everard," she whispered, "Henry is in the house! Besides--Yes, I suppose youin your eyes exactly like his But you are so stiff Have you been drilling out there or anything?"

He shook his head

"One spends half one's time in the saddle"

"And you are really well off?" she asked again wonderingly

"If I had stayed there another year," he replied, "and been able to marry a Dutch Jewess, I should have qualified for Park Lane"

She sighed

"It's too wonderful Henry will love having his money back"

"And you?"

She looked positively distressed

"You've lost all your arden rake You should have leaned towards me with a quiver in your voice when you said those last tords, and instead of that you look as though you were sitting at attention, with a positive glint of steel in your eyes"

"One sees a woman once in a blue moon out there," he pleaded

She shook her head "You've changed It was a sixth sense with you to ht thing in the right manner"

"I shall pick it up," he declared hopefully, "with a little assistance"

She rimace

"You won't want an old woman like me to assist you, Everard You'll have the town at your feet You'll be able to frivol with musical comedy, flirt with our ot"