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With the same inward bitterness that attends thesent back to its cage, Courtlandt returned to

his taxicab He wanted to roar and lash and devour so Instead, he

could only twist the ends of his rand

duchess, or at least the rand duke! It did not seem

possible that any woman could be so full of malice He simply could not

understand It was essentially the Italian spirit; doubtless, till she

heard his voice, she had forgotten all about the episode that had

foundered his ship of happiness

Her statement as to the prirain of truth in it He could not possibly have been so rude He had been

too indifferent Too indifferent! The repetition of the phrase hter Pshaw! It could not be that He possessed a little vanity;

if he had not, his history would not have been worth a scrawl But he

denied the possession vehee, athose ten articles of adviseue and yet deny the inherent quality which surrenders the

admission--vanity However youThe vanity of a woman has a definite and commendable purpose: the

conquest of man, his purse, and half of his time Too indifferent! Was it

possible that he had roused her enmity simply because he had made it

evident that her char his hat to

her, perhaps exchanging a comment on the weather, his courtesies had not

been extended Courtlandt was peculiar in some respects A woman attracted