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"Now, dear," he continued, "It's time you went You'll be wanted at the Plaza--and theylove to you!"

She tossed her head back, and her eyes flashed aler of that!" she said, with a little suppressed treale at the close of its song

"Isn't there?" and putting his arm round her, he drew her close to himself and looked full in her eyes--"Manella--there WAS!--a o!"

She re to breathe, so rapt was she in a sudden ecstasy, but he could feel the wild beating of her heart against his own

"A o I could have made such desperate love to you as would have astonished retted it ever afterwards--and so would you!"

The struggling emotion in her found utterance

"No, no--not I!" she said, in quick little passionate ret it!--If you loved ht leave et!--but that would not take away ladly if it saved YOUR life!--ah, you do not understand love--not the love of Manella!"

And she lifted her face to his--a face so lovely, so young, so ith her soul's inward rapture that its glowing beauty er Seaton the ione out in vapour, and the spirit of the anchorite prevailed He looked at the dewy red lips, delicately parted like rose petals--but he did not kiss theradually relaxed

"Hush, hush Manella!" he said, with a ht state was ry words would have been--"Hush! You talk foolishness--beautiful foolishness--all women do when they set their fancies on men It is nature, of course,--YOU think it is love, but,as love! There!--now you are cross!" for she drew herself quickly away fro, her breast heaving, with the air of a goddess enraged,--"You are cross because I tell you the truth---"