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very dull waiting Monsieur knows a good joke"

And to Courtlandt's dismay he realized that his proposal had truly been

accepted as a jest

"I a I aentleman I mean mademoiselle no harm I am known to her All she has to

do is to appeal to you, and you can stop the car and sus and leaned toward his te, then you are a madman Who are you? What do I know

about you? I never saw you before, and for two seasons I have driven

ht How do I know

that you are not a gentlemanly thief? Ride home with mademoiselle! You are

crazy Make yourself scarce, Monsieur; in one lish of this order the French to execute his threat

Courtlandt was furious, but his fury was directed at hi down froerness

had led hione about the

affair with all the clu his first

appearance at the stage entrance It was , too, to

have found an honest man when he was in desperate need of a dishonest one

He had faced with fine courage all sorts of dangerous wild anie to face a policeue, a situation at once so delicate and so

singularly open to misconstruction So, for the second time in his life he

took to his heels Of the first time, more anon He scrambled back to his

own car, slammed the door, and told the driver to drop hinified retreat caused his face to burn; but discretion would not

be denied However, he did not return to the hotel