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As he was leaving, a square of light attracted his attention He looked up

to see the outline of the bearded Russ in thePoor devil! He was

going to have a merry time of it Well, that was his affair Besides,

Russians, half the year chilled by their bitter snoere susceptible to

volcanoes; they courted thehly, but his te he recalled

with grim satisfaction He had sent a barbed arrow up the tube to disturb

the felicity of the dove-cote The duke would be rather curious to know

as ht she had cohed It would be a fitting climax indeed if the

duke called him out

But what of the pretty wo had she followed him? One or the other of them had not told

the truth, and he was inclined to believe that the prevarication had its

source in the poive the old barb one

more twist, to learn if its veno

would have afforded the diva lared at the

as the shade rolled down