Show z alt I 1 TX az MILLMAN u i ruth or till MITOR haster lW continued from last issue wf Ma wema I 1 ion a trip through cheeng the english 11 sh cumberland country the breakdown of her automobile forces louise louisa leaurel adrel ll Al aurel A carnous amour london actress to trend tho the ot at tho the farm homo home ot of job john and stephen away CHAP ten II 11 at dinner louisa dincov era that the brothers are woman halans recluses CHAPTER ill next morning she ahe die covers aliat john the younger brother hob hah recently come into a lento large fortune in company with him blin sha elie explores the farm arm CHAP chaptan ivin IV in a talk with him she eho Is disturbed by his rigid moral principles and finds that his lila wealth has created no d delra astre tor for any other life than the simple 0 one lie he la Is leading site she tells him tier her name abd that site sha Is the friend ot of the prince of feyre seyre a rich and disreputable neighbor i chapters chaiten CHAP TEri othree months later u unable I 1 to rid himself of tile the memory of the atria actress and in spite ot of his bro brother therm pro tests john goes ejea to london CIlA PIEn VT VI aie 11 o nikia finds nik ia louise engaged in the ho rehearsal of a now new play meets tier friends and in at luncheon with her by tile the prince 2 VII john ohn dalves sophy I 1 tioma horne and she him film friendly advice about lovo love and ufa life in london the prince ind and boulse pont postpone pone a little journey they had bad ur arranged ranged for chaiten vin louesa boulse and her friend anny tithe take olin john out for a light inight introducing him to london life chaiten IX iatha the prince takes jolin john t under his octal nodal caro care Orall lot tot 1110 I 1 lie playwright warns louisa that hut hoth both alio prince and john love tier her and that tile the prince will bea be a dangerous enemy to hl his rival atho X the prince introduces a relative lad hilda to john hinting that aha may bo be ot of use to him in his education of 0 john theres bdie answer to that john insisted cheerfully 1 I am going to lend you ou fifty pounds while you make your mind up about the oung man I 1 she made a face at etim bilm 1 I borrow money from a strange gentleman sho she protested rubbish ho he exclaimed it you A begin calling me a n strainger inger hut but there never mindl mind I 1 well see bee about that aln tier nr tell ind me more about your love of nf fair sophy it a love it v nt t nil all ill I 1 she exclaimed almost indignantly why I 1 nm bill sorry your prospective ettre alliance then shall I 1 coll cell it oh 01 it interesting site she said its 3 bust just n young liine man in bath ito Is 19 a lawyer and moderately well olt off ire he has wanted roo me to marry him for years no was a friend of my broth ers era lately lie he hns been bothering n little more than usual in fact I 1 suppose I 1 have received what might be called an ultimatum ito ire crime came up yesterday anti I 1 went vent out with him last night ile he tills has gone one back to bath this morning and I 1 have promised to let him know la in a month I 1 think that Is why I 1 went vent out to waterloo bridge in a mackintosh and got wet do you like him john asked practically ti 1 I like him ailin I 1 suppose sophy sighed s the worst sorito sor sto of it it if I 1 like him there might bo be som 4 cliance chance I 1 w cant realize myself pur ever doing more nidre than liking him in a mild of way and it if he be expected more ns as of courso course he would then I 1 should probably hate him lie ile tried to klis kiss me on the way to the station and I 1 nearly him that like me you ou know I 1 rather like ithe being kissed sometimes some john burled himself in the wine list well ho he admitted it sound pound very hopeful im no sort of judge in these matters but I 1 have hao heard lots of people say that one gets geta ort on nil all right titter after without curing very lery much before you dont wem seem to have a very pry comfortable life now do 10 you oua comfortable no hut but I 1 nm free richy replied quickly 1 I urn call come ame it fr and RO go out when I 1 please choose my avii MI fri friends enIs its rather fine lo in lie be here you know kno to bp be lit in the jit nemos A r ahre even it the limelight misses one olle john r f sighed and regarded tier her thoughtfully youre a queer little girl sophy sophi lie he said 1 I dont know liow to you iou of course you sou dont she answer answerer ee n no ni one could As AB for you sou I 1 suppose ji you ou will marry loulie louise what will hall hn w pen to you after vint that I 1 dont know ferhn perhaps ris I 1 shant anre so much about london then youve made it very nice y for me you know kno 11 youve tunde ando it bearable even for f rae me lie he told tier 1 I often think how I 1 onely lonely I 1 should have hae without yu 5 to talk to louise sometimes Is de i light rightfully fully companionable and kind enough to turn ones head other days f I 1 scarcely understand her ter everything i vve ive say to one tir another seems aroni 1 I 1 come away and leave her simply because I 1 feel tant there la Is a wall be tween w u s that I 1 cant get over there really sophy sighed louise I 1 arf a fletar considering every thing I 1 think ftp Is wonderful but you tire are utterly terent she 1 Is si very ery complex cay very emotional and site she has standards of life you on abo ther other hand are very sery simple il mple very faithy ul 61 find and honest and you accept tile tho which have been made tor for t louvery you very very ery rigidly john what ff ard you yett looking at q ell 5 in n jual li p 4 4 e i ly changed ilia eyes were the door tile face was st stern ernas ns it a granito granite block sophy turned quickly around the dh otel with nn ath kotlier er satellite in tits his rear will was welcoming with much ceremony two lately nil ad rived guests sophy clutched nt at the lie tablecloth the newcomers were louise find the filrice of deyro seyre 1 I dont understand this I 1 jolla joha muttered his lips twitching sophy gornard said nothing iler her cheeks checks were pink with excitement suddenly louise saw john and sophy slie she stood quite still for n moment then sho she came toward them slowly and a little longi languidly wildly tito tho prince wits was still studying through through ills Is the various tables will 01 li tile lienol walter waiter was offering for tits his consideration what nn astonishing meeting mee 1 louise remarked ns as slip she lold ill tier linstid for n moment on oil sally shoulder ho uhler alint Is going on oil behind my iny hack back jolin john roso rost fery very slowly to ills feet iio seemed deemed taller than ever mid louises Lou liei smile remained unanswered the broke up tip my weekend week end party lie explained binl all I 1 met sophy soplia in the liu strand lid in any crise case I 1 intended returning tonight I 1 understood that tant win will would not lie ho hero until tomorrow cl eleven vell those were no my iny honlio replied kut it us you see sec other filings have intervened our little house party too evits na brolien tit aljy tills this weather ani we till nil motored up to town the Far faradaus faradays havo pone gone lionie home tho the prince bicard front from miles that hint I 1 haq nt home hoine and tolo telephoned phoned me ine to dine me void I 1 john ans struggling gUng with a crowd of hateful thoughts louise was mas wearing it wonderful ROD gown tier hale hair was benuit beautifully it arranged tho khe t ho had the air of a woman whose tollet toilet woj wn complete comp lelo and perfect down to tit till the slightest de da anil tile tho princes slow drawl readied reached them distinctly I 1 it was my servants servi servon ts fault I 1 suppose pose lie he said 1 I told him to ring up last night and order the table for or two in that corner however wo we will take tile vacant one benr nf nr your desk rie ile looked around lind ns its it if for the first time missed louise lie cattle canie toward them nt at once tile the prince seems seeing to have ordered liti ills table last night john jhn remarked ills tone even to himself Mi sounding queer and strained louise coulso made no greyly the prince was already sinking hands hund with sophy 1 I thought you yon were pending the weekend week end with my cousin strange wey lie he remarked turning to john we did spend part of it together john replied tile the weather drove us back this afternoon noon 1 I congratulate you hoth both on your good taste enste sold lie he prince them Is nothing more than a riverside retreat out of season sea son wo we tire taking tile the table on the left louise 4 ile iio led tier her away and they passed down the room john slowly resumed tits his sent seat sophy lie he demanded hoarsely tell roc me the truth Is there anything between the prince and louise sophy nervously crumbled up tip the toast by tier her side the prince louise and ons has don done a so for many yon scars rs she answered no one knows anything ati thing else louise never speaks of litin him to inc I 1 cannot tell you but you roust must know he persisted with a little break in his voice forgive roe sophy if I 1 made nn ass of my iny self first lady hilda and then grail lot and then well I 1 thought louise might have rung up tip to see whether I 1 was nt lic hoina itne it she came back bach sooner keener than she expected nud tile prince took tile the tohle table dinst night it 1 she leaned over oer and putted him on the hand hall dont worry site she hogged begged if louire hns has to choose soule douie lity day lie tween him and you I 1 dont think hell shell s hest hel into very long dont look so stern iti IN V z ir sla leaned over and patted him on the hand please you look very and it ii aleco lleco of scull sculpture iture that I 1 nut finding you sou too attractive for tuy my peace of mind theres your texal text I 1 ile he poured 9 n glass of wine and drank it off ill do my best lie ho agreed if it sounds like rubbish you vou can still believe that I 1 appreciate everything youve told me you are pretty and I 1 am lucky to have you toll liere now ill try to make you believe that I 1 think so BO she blie loaned leaned over so that tier her head bead almost touched ills his go on cleasel pl ensol easel site she murmured kven ilven if it hurts huits afterward it will be heavenly to listen to tol I 1 4 tile next night sophy acted as showman tit at the alio first production of the play so long delayed because of graillots Gratl Grail lots insistence on oil a scene that promised to bo be startling to english playgoers play goers her part was over nt at the end of the first act and a few minutes later she slipped into a sent seat by johns john iz side behind the curtain what do you vou think of it so far slie she asked iskra a little anxiously it seems quite gdud go od john re replied piled cheerfully cher tully some ver very clever lines hires and nil all that sort of tiling but I 1 cant quite see what its till all leading to sophy peered around the house from behind the curf aln there standing room anywhere she declared 1 I lont dont suppose there ever was a play in ili london unit that was more talked about and then putting it oft off for more thau than throe three months awby there nine have bien been all sorts of rumors about do you vou vacit to klaw who tile the people in the audience ilse are not john answered 1 I hould nt know them if you told me lie e are just it few fa familiar camillar facea funs I 1 see the prince pi luce in ili the lie box bos opposite did you vou telephone to louise to itly sophy asked john shook ills lead no I 1 thought it better to leagre leu 0 tier her alone until after tonight you on arc going to tile the supper of course 11 1 I have been asked john replied a little doubtfully 1 I dont quite know whether I 1 want to la IS it being given eh en by 1 the prince or by b tile the the management sophy assured him do you vou come and take ric mel I 1 its going to bo be rather fun full tiie the curtain went up upon the second net act john from the lie shadows of 0 the her bos listened attentively tile llie subject was not a particularly nev liew one but the writing wits way brilliant there wits was the lie old marquis do de guy a roue a degenerate degener nite but still over bearing and full of personality from whose lips camo came some of 0 graillots Grat Grail llota lots most brilliant sayings louise ills wife anti and faraday a friend of the old anti and obviously the intended lover of his big wife II 11 1 I dont see anything so terrible in this s john remarked as tile the crupain went down once more and thunders of applause greeted some wonderful lines of graillots Grall Grail lots its wonder wonderful full I 1 sophy doctored declared try anti and bear the thread of it till nil in your mind for two acts you ou have been asked aked to focus your attention upon the alie increasing brutality of tile the remember that wont you not likely to forget it john replied how well they all act I 1 there ans a quarter of an hours interval before tile curtain rose again rumors humors concerning the last act had been floating about for weeks and the bouse was avns almost tenso tense with excitement as the curtain went up tito tho scene was the country chateau clia of the marquis de guy who brought a noisy crowd of companions from paris without any warning ills ilia wife showed allowed signs of dismay at tits ills cc coming inIng ile iio lind brought with him women whom she declined to receive the great scone scene between her husband and herself took place in the square hull lanil of the chateau on the first floor louise reaffirms tier her intention of leaving the house iler her husband laughs tit at tier her her position Is hopeless whitt what can you do he mocks slie site shrugs tier her shoulders and passes into tier her room the sinks upon a settee and present la Is joined by one ut ot the indies 9 wilt who have traveled with him ri oin paris lie he talks to her of tile i i upon trie wall she Is impatient to meet the do 00 guy the marquis knocks nt his cifes door tier her voice Is heard clearly after a R moments Pats pan mallte in a few mInutes ill 1 title she replies replica the res resumes ills his flirtation ills com companion linnion bec becomes onies impatient the mili quis lina has pledged ills his word that arlie should bi received fly by ills wife art an lin indent clont enmity against the marquis tip do guy gus prompts tier her to insist tito the shrugs tits shoulders ruid ciul knock A more diore loudly limit over ever tit lit lit ills NN lapi door she comes out dressed for travel rind and Is met by F who suddenly rip appears pears you asked mo ine whitt what I 1 could do site she mis MIS pointing to tier her lover you vou see koe now turp there was a n moments breathless 1 0 I lonce through tile house tho the seem scene in itself was n little beyond anything flint tile the audience lind find expected sol ily who had been leaning over the edge of the box turned arom around d in no lettla till a anxiety sho she heird the loor ioor slain blam john find and disappeared appeared Ilg I 1 ile he left the theater with only his ha lint hat la in tits hla hand turning vp up tits ills coat by bv instinct ar B lie he pissed passed through the driving darivin rain all itis senses seemed tingling with some nameless horror the brilliance of tile language tile the subtlety of tile the situation seemed like some evil trail MIT drawn across that ono one horrible el franx it was who had come from that room and pointed to faraday I 1 ua ill alq san scarcely acely know knew how and will ked 0 he throw threw off some of tits his dripping garments opened tile the window wado and stood there ile ho looked out over the thames Iia and there was a rod red flare before tits ills eyes stephen was right lie he told himself self there was tio |