Show Z B PHILLI E im LEBROWN LITT and C 0 PAULINE SYNOPSIS fiebing from a brutal stepfather an unhappy home and a proposed husband she detests myrelle Myr young french girl stands in a country road on the verse verge of desperation halted by an exploded tire two young englishmen lord gerald dombey and christopher hent are attracted by the girls distracted appearance she begs bega them to take tier her away from tier her misery in a spirit of adventure they do iso BO conveying her to monte bionto carlo and leaving her with friends myrtile speaks english tier her mother having been in an educated woman gerald sees a beautiful young woman in the gambling rooms and la is fusel fasel bated but can only learn that she Is called pauline do da and la Is with tier her aunt lie ile isun able to secure an introduction christopher and gerald decide myrthle shall ahall not go back to her home 1 lady idy mary geralds sister secretly in love with christopher disapproves of the young mens mena guardianship of myrtleo Myrt llo CHAPTER IV continued 6 there was a somewhat hectic silence for several moments madame lenore could scarcely conceal tier her contempt for tile crudeness of this puritanical englishman myrtile herself felt cis as though a dream of paradise were fading uway away gerald because lie was waa good fellow enough at heart fell acl further insistence impossible ile he was quite content to drift into danger he was not casuist enough to evade a plain warning well I 1 bu suppose we ve shall ahny hayett eto let ift this disagreeable follow fellow have his way lie he declared take tier lier along madame ni adame and see what you can do you hear my friends iden idea plain blue serge buttoned up to the thront cashmere stockings and square toed shoes there will be a compromise 4 madame declared firmly anti and for the re rest t I 1 little ones one do not trouble too much she whispered as she led myrelle away 1 I shall keep these clothes just as they ore are until tile the other gentleman tins has made up hla his mind to meddle no longer come to me when you ire fire ready I 1 can make you ou look eo 60 that milord will take notice of no other woman Myrt lles eyes were swimming with tears it was just for him that I 1 wanted to keep these clothes she said 1 I wanted him to take tahe me orvand out and to tofeek iveel that I 1 looked like other girls As jor for jil monsieur aleu christopher I 1 detest him filin 1 in the showroom out outside ade neither of the two young men was particularly disposed for conversation christopher felt a distinct return of his first fars apprehension concerning Gra geralds lils attitude towards myrelle Myr while ge gerald himself was waa conscious of tt vague sense of resentment sent gent ment ut at lits friends interference tile the more poignant per perhaps flaps because of its wisdom anything in tile nature of on an explanation between the two was rendered impossible bythe smallness of the room presence of bf the shop assistants asAl stants so gerald geraid contented himself self with lighting a cigarette gurette cl while christopher studied a book of fashions presently myrelle came out to them once more the transformation was still amazing but bill the blue serge costume was absolutely plain except for its thick edging of braid and the little toque with its dark blue quill absolutely free from ornamentation yet it seemed almost incredible that this graceful girl who came towards them a little shyly but with perfect self elf possession should shoula indeed bo be the peasant child who ad had been under their care for rather less legs than twenty four hours mademoiselle i Is traps transformed formed 1 madame ladame lenore deci declared ared she has natural elegance in tile the simplest clothes I 1 could give gho her site she would still create an Impress impression lon I 1 have done my best bes milord and monsieur I 1 trust that you are eatn 1 I am going to 10 take myrtele to ciros to io lunch come along christopher said eald gerald chapter V V the two women sat on tile the terrace of their wistaria covered villa Alad madame nine le de 11 hunched up in her chair smoking a cigarette through a long tube pauline tier her reputed niece her hei coffee and cigarette alike neglected gazing fixedly seaward their immediate environment suggest ed at once a taste for luxury and the means to gratify it tild the linen and silver on the little table at which they the had just lunched was of the illo finest possible quality the former lace ace bordered and adorned with a cor coronet A bowl of pink roses rosea occupied the center of the table checo theco the coffee afee hoc iad vlen been served falu tle cli cypa pj of tl te anest devres china in the background a single de servant nt wag waa standing dressed in black alvary a afan cray balfred and with lined fuce face but tall and of powerful build lie possessed to the full the immobility of feature of tho trained english servant but their was something entirely foreign in ili his attitude rind and expression lie lind the air of one who neither saw nor hoard hear savo sae at hla mistress orders 1 I ami weary of everything here except the sun pauline declared deliberately libera tely the woman opposite knocked tho the asli ash from froin tier her cigarette hers wad tin an aged and withered face but tier her black eyes were still full fill of life and urr her long thin hand on which hashed flashed several strangely set bet rings ana was suddenly extended toward the waiting servi servant int without a word lie ho bowed and 1 so ap pp cured one must watt wait madame do Ion Ilon lere declared for what vil lit tile girl asked lazily the older comans womans eyes glittered for a moment for what will surely conic come site she declared tile the portents tire all there the writing Is no ito longer upon the wall it blazes to tile the slay and incan meanwhile while pauline murmured the sun slit shines nes my b heart eart beats beata in tune to it tin and I 1 feel nil all tile tho time the weariness of the days it Is tile insurgence of youth the older woman conce conceded deI indulgently 1 I suppose so the greatest must feel it some day she thrust another cigarette into her tube and nil lit it inhaling with tile tho long regular breaths of the confirmed i er her delicately shaped but talon like fingers were stained with nicotine uhan arrives this week she announced noun ced palline yawned dawned more mysteries s she 1 ie mil murmured more false hopes more exaggerated exaggerate Z I 1 there will bo a comptom compromise se madame declared firmly stories stor lesi nothing good will come of visit but the money he be brings unless by tiny any chance lie he has bris news of stepan meanwhile dear madame I 1 bore myself I 1 rather wish that I 1 had been born tin an american the woman showed no sign of ani ger yet so somehow mellow or other she seemed to diffuse an atmosphere of contempt it Is ia perhaps a pity s he admitted that you are descended from one of the greatest rulers the world has ever known kno wn it Is perhaps perli apa a pity give me something to rule over the girl declared and I 1 will b e repentant the souls and liberties of a few million people or the hearts of a few men I 1 ant am twenty three thred years old and the sun Is warm and then there Is tile the fi music lusle our one resource when there Is no money to gamble with what mat la Is the use of music madame to one who II 11 lives ves behind the aarif bara it simply makes one pull at ili them em it a little harder 1 I 1 am na as badly off as stepan himself lf wh who loves me from behind the forir forces esq walls sometimes I 1 wish hat I 1 were there with him 11 I 1 badamo fie reached for a nn n ivory topped stick and rose crosb to berfert her ber feet almost da as though by from somewhere within thi the e dlin dim cool recesses of the room beyond the gra gray y haired manservant was war by her side she leaned upon ulora its his arm we drive at fatir pauline ha she said afterwards we will watch the play piny at the sporting club pauline shrugged her shoulders it was the same yesterday afternoon and every day behind it would probably be the same tomorrow site she looked in across the narrow gorge toward that other villa A two seated cat car had turned in from lia pie road and was crawling up the winding avenue she stretched out her I 1 hand bor the field fidd glasses which lay en C u tile the table by her side the flaire flir ire of tho the young man at I 1 1 the wapel was familiar fai lilliar to t her pauline roso rose to her fe foot ot Alti almost lost no its mysteriously 8 us as tile manservant had appeared ipp eared u few moments before it a black robed maid hastened toward lie her r shook tier hor head tills this noo n I 1 do not wish visit to rest site decided s1 sa 1 shilly walk in ili the gardens lne descended tile tho stone etc steps crossed the drive t aind 11 id plunged eil into 11 narrow footpath foot puth NA which ch wound its way through a plantation of stunted but sweet smelling pine trees downward toward tile tho sen sea tho the path was not on an easy one and nd paulines owes wore were scarcely designed for such tin adventure nevertheless site sho p persevered er seVered at lust last she gained tier her end she stood upon the little of 0 sand bestrin kled with rocks which bordered tile the bon boll aldy a few yards awny tile alilin mering bauo water rocked toward tho land in ili little wavelets waveless wave lets she turned anti aked Iol ced buck back tito villa front from wi willal llYl sho she had eliud conio seemed tied like a boils house shining out of its ita sheltering of cy presses moru more directly above tier her now nov was tile fur far ill ore exten extell r ivo re residence of lord sho she looked toward it searchingly there were several people upon the broad veranda amongst them tile tho whit slim flouro of a n young man nt ni its further bartho r edge gazing intently in tier her ill she smiled ted it little its as she eho picked tier steps across tile lie yellow sand salli to tile the edge of the soil and clambered on to a rock A queer it fit of heedlessness was upon tier site she stood upon the top of the slippery rock finding a strange pleasure lit in the salt laden air and tile tho wind whid which brought a thousand ripples of light to the trembling blue sen sea which blow blew tier her skirts about aind even bro brought light disarrangement to her ter smoothly bound hair this tempering of the sunshine brought it a now new joy to its ita wari warmth carinth nth site she stood there basking in a purely sensuous pleasure forgetful for a moment of tile the depression of tile the morning the sound of tumbling stones in tile the little gorge behind sear scarcely coly disturbed tier it was not until she heard footsteps upon tile the strip of beach that site she turned tier her hend head coming coining toward her already only a few yards away was a young man of personable appearance and unwontedly de determined ter mined ex expression 0 n for once in his life gerald imd had miudo up his mind although he was in reality brimful of confidence dinall in all hla his relations with tile other sex jerald gerald had sometimes mea a not altogether unattractive appear tince of shyness lie ile stood tor for a moment looking up nt pauline 1 I nm am sorry if I 1 startled you lie he eald 1 I was looking fur for my sister I 1 know this Is a n favorite place of 0 hers and when I 1 saw you standing there I 1 rather jumped to tho the conclusion that you must be she really 11 pauline replied iare faro we so much alike then not in the leasil least he decla declared red frankly vint that seems to make your explanation a little attle 1 insufficient does docs it not pauline remarked gerald settled down to business 1 I know that I 1 ought to have turned back he said bald but after all it much more natural of ma ie to come on I 1 hove have been trying frying ever since I 1 first saw you to get someone to introduce me wo wei are after nil as I 1 hove have just discovered 15 to my illy great dellget dell glit neighbors and nd this Is the riviera not berkeley square may I 1 tell you that myn my name apio Is gerald dombey that my fattier father and sister bister have the villa up there rind and that from the moment I 1 saw you I 1 have been anxious to ina make e your acquaintance she looked ai at him bilm in silence for a moment halt half critically half thoughtfully there was nothing absolutely y discouraging in her attitude and yet gerald somehow conceived tile the idea that this might not after all alii be so kasyan easy an affair as lie he had hoped are you used to enlarging your ae acquaintance quain tanco ill hi this mannera manner slip she as asked ked 1 I very seldom feel the alin desire to do ao so he be assured tier her dont be annoyed please I 1 am really quite a respectable spec table person I 1 will call upon your aunt it if site sho will glup rue nia permission for the first time pauline smiled it was rather a cold smile lut ut the fact that a smile at all wasen waa encouraging cour 1 I fancy that you had better dismiss that suggestion from your mind altogether she mie said my aunt does not receive here her e and she certainly would not welcome you ns as a caller why not gerald acra 14 inquired a little perturbed because you are a young man ann pauline lne replied there ore are two things which my aunt dreads mor than anything else in life a bad throat for herself ir and young men for me 1 I dont see how she can hope to kepp keep young men away aawar fro from lal you altogether gerald declared you dont mind ray saying dodou do you eliat you are t the he sort oferl of girl whom yo young bilig men would want to know iler her smile returned she even laughed slightly showing some very wonderful tee ali renley y you are a most moat singular person 1 she observed do all nl loun young englishmen talk to casual acquaintances il abis up unrestrained restrained fa fashion on gerald was puzzled pauline waa ivas not altogether falling into una line with tho the conclusions he had arrived at concerning her pauline evi evidently dently as attractive as she la Is m mysterious sier lous will gerald be able to her reserve ri reserve serve TO BE C 0 |