” She refused. "'Sdeath! do you trifle with me, sirrah?" cried Rowland fiercely. “My dear boy,” she exclaimed. ‘I know just what he was doing. He was perched on the very edge of the leather seat of the coach, his threecornered hat twisting nervously in his hands, and from time to time he passed a tongue over dry lips. Very well. ” “It’s rather jolly of you,” said Ann Veronica. ToC The heart-piercing scream uttered by Mrs. "You can, of course, identify this picture as Lady Trafford's property?" pursued Jonathan, with a meaning glance, as he handed it to the knight. ‘I suppose this is the cavalier you had with you when you—er—attended the ball the other night?’ ‘Jacques is very useful to me,’ Melusine confirmed, bestowing that same radiant smile on the young man, whose features were instantly suffused with scarlet. He’ll do. " "You'll dance upon nothing, presently," rejoined Jonathan, brutally. ” Chapter X THE TRAGEDY OF AN APPETITE Anna, notwithstanding her quiet clothes, a figure marvellously out of accord with her surroundings, sat before a small marble-topped table at a crowded A. I thought it would be magnificent to have a great house in Paris, and more money than any other woman. ’ ‘I’m hanged if I can make out either of you,’ complained Hilary.