Show on R a C 01 h L d es PHILLIPS OP T ENHEIM 0 i ass sli by L fail CHAPT apton c A 15 J artile Wr tile Y to eo zt r e I 1 be in me I 1 B at konigh c ae I 1 arverdie 14 rifle i 1 you it she e sto ls Is ifor h her copher aard ita yd ro ulder s his nis fay as shi act of the I 1 lle lie loathed lo allied it s ay you bcd aked oil ardy n ir she bile bookee look to S d ile 0 lt it tier her teemed seemed sotiri so iiri raj foncy ncy or here birre J lu in ills five face lie le far of those je irette os te billiou til liou you ater lit hc old mid er w hip hand t f us r h row here gobar faltered fal ted it asat iso t n eo of 0 ot answered I 1 e I 1 MI mile little one air jr almost carelessly and 1 the two left I th the e e music lind had censed ceased till h the lie empty istre bereice Bt reice oce when alien they arrived mith yards of Myr tiles hodg In glier slackened ills his pace crying quietly oe begged please listed to in fit she told him dra ting ling at eight I 1 shall lie he arake you ariti to the station the clothes clothe s aou ou are irenia boil I 1 hilll ill return them to JU 31 adre adore you will go to lon doudy dondy ilary will take care of you mary lary Is geralds sestet do anil and ye re faltered larnt amt think of me its ag an exe ruthc went on with a late k U I 1 feeling in tits his tone ry r darful ii ful thing if 0 ary y dangerous for gerald and lie ve roe e some day oe X e another n n other and tan N ak h the he love bic tf n mo lt aa latter tte 0 of feel r N P gerald so 11 0 u V G geralds e I 1 has ins I 1 sill 1 a action for you you are a lliam a child whose softness J 1 allness attracts him the king 1 ove Is a wonderful place but jart ople pie who nho are in the position alfou ou u and d gerald can enter it by the er irater if you are arc faithful re taher her this A year or two of life will n g womanhood to you and you 1 l understand just what was lacking light igat just what hat in a corner of bour our rt 17 believe that you bleil if ills as lacking that something aid liae haie poisoned even enen your won fill fal hap pincus you must wait defir dear fling ing in the world N will III keep i ou unit and arnld apart if your love for one ant nn an irr becomes the love that myrtile crept guily without a word or an hour christopher waited at the darkened corner if the oft let lie he waited until lie sais sa the ht t go out la in Myr tiles room then kent back to the hotel chanad ills his thes and rested for a couple coue of arg ra when aln n he returned to her room i was utis waiting for him dressed in r little blue serge suit mutely pale tile christopher carried her small r mil and they made their troy ivay to in the loll 1011 myrtile he be said as they stood stand to lier ler watching the train coming ad th thi bay this morning I 1 think tl tob ou are hating me you thlick me cruel try and not judge nip me for n r 1 I thin think that you mean well she ned ed hut but you 10 lo do not under krind put money into inlo her band took her up to where here lady ayi mas standing with fill her little arraf dew rodents slit she spoke n few adly ly words to myrtile Myr who answered r politely taut hut without any trace of ling in her tone artile sat down clown one of the trunks and looked steade iti across crotts at the sleeping f fronted 10 M christopher and lady mary ked for a moment uplift I 1 dont know why I 1 out dolnik this f e for you mary said if f you arted eted to know the truth I 1 dislike the file sag ung woman intently ll 11 if if you cant feel that you are dolne doing ifor my take sake christopher replied bink that you are duine doing it for ger calp t lady mari stared at him for a mont t and christopher fancied that he ined 14 rend in tier her somewhat haughty liau lity ok k some borne trace of that patrician sup gup hoeh which claimed for fill people ie bodies and souls of their satellites lift e train thundered in you win will come and see bee me in lon ITO r vhf she asked a little softened directly I 1 return he promised 1 I this mary lie he added a itle awkwardly youve been a rick f smiled curlo gratified tit at tits his words christopher leaned to ward myrtile 1 Go orthy cadby myrtile he said she removed her eyes from the window for a moment iK Kiby christopher she nn forrd aad B looked book bb V albain at the th chite building with ith its irregular front and close drawn curtains behind one of them gerald was sleeping with a n cloud of black smoke and a succession of hoarse sobbing pants the ions iona train steamed slowly out of t ane jie stil station tion BOOK TWO chapter I 1 gerald had been lunching tit at the hyde park hotel anti and was on oil lit his way nay to pay a call in curzon street hence flence its his progress through the sunbaked sun baked and dusty park tit at 3 on a saturday afternoon lo in august christopher who ila had been ills his fellow guest caught him up as he had find reached the shelter better of the llie trees the two young wen men were acre apparently still on the lie same saine fil endly terms no ono one hut but file themselves rea realize lizel 1 the slight cloud which had find never wholly passed away front from between them since the night in geralds sitting room at the hotel de paris eighteen months ago cl christopher took ills friends orin lightly ile he tand had made several attempts tempts ts to break through file lie sli slait it re that existed between atheni and Veral geralds ds appearance thee thaoe dis rather troubled hlin film lie he was thinner its ills enea viele restless tits manner a little nervous lie he had not dot the appe appearance alance of being the spoiled child of fortune that lie he certainly was 1 I wonder you dont get fed up with the london crowd christopher remarked 1 I very nearly am gerald confessed they were much more amusing in the old aid days before they took up marriage as a lobby hobby now the most inot flag ll agrant runt little hussy begins to talk about tier her people in the country and st georges hanover square if you hold her fingers its all the fault of these chillow youths christopher great hemens hem ens I 1 they find passed the achilles statue and were making toward stanhope gate the crowd here seemed more spiritless than ever in chairs a little way back and apart from the others two women dressed in plain black were seated one was elderly the other young both were beary weary both sat there with the air of wishing to avoid observation to christopher they were entirely unfamiliar ills his whole bole attention was absorbed by ger aids strange demeanor geralds long fingers had gripped tits ills arm painfully for the first time in months there was a real feeling in his face its pauline lie exclaimed walt for me chris without hesitation gerald turned and threaded ills his way among the chairs the two to women momen watched his approach the older one with stolid indifference pauline apparently with some faint resentment gerald liow how eer cier in these last few seconds had become a very determined poison ile he stood stand before them his hut halt in ills his hand ills his how bow was lower ioner than Is customary among english people ills his manner could scarcely have been more respectful it if he had been pacing pit ing ills his homage at buckingham palace may I 1 be permitted to recall myself to the llie recollection of madame de portiere Pon lere lie begged the woman looked at him with unrecognizing eyes the last eighteen months had dealt hardly with tier her the llesh flesh land sagged a little frow from lie her check bonea her mouth find become bitter tier her throat was vias thin her eps ee rold cold and glassy you do not succeed in doing so monsieur she said coldly pauline inter ened there was some faint note of courtesy in tier her manner nothing whatever of kindliness tills this young slie site explained to tier her mint aunt loril lord domley I 1 bellene believe its ills nunie naine Is wils kind enough I 1 to bo be of us istance to us ut at monte carlo on tin the night when ahen met inel with his unfortunate maclaine de portiere inclined tier her bond 1 I trust that we e tendered our thanks on in chrit oc caNion ion she observed icily gerald held tits his ground pauline ns paler than ever eer e er and thin but lie be fancied that hint there was a shade 0 of encouragement in those soft weary aei e e s Nl madame adame lie he said there was some slight tili clit pre previous ilous acquaintance beleen sur fileie land and myself no telf some borne trifling service I 1 had blood been able to render which gave me the right to perform this further one it gives elves me great pleas ill file e to see you again in my own country the older woman oman laughed hardly it Is difficult to bellee believe site she scoffed that the sight of us could give pleasure to ony any one apart from which fact slip added rapidly it Is if not our wish to make or renew ac while we are here madame adame bertild replied that was wa your attitude in monte carlo an attitude which I 1 may limy say occasioned me file alie deepest regret I 1 venture to hore that I 1 may lie be able to induce you to dandify it and why should IT she asked almost insolently lecause rc Te cHUse cause I 1 have the sin cerps and most mol profound admiration for made gerald declared stoutly ti I 1 band and because in III my ms own country I 1 ME X s there Is the possibility that I 1 assay be b of service to jou madame de portiere Ion lere a plain pair of lorgnettes and locked for a moment at gerald for an englishman English crann she remarked coolly you seem to have hav som some e manners who Is this pauline there was the faintest possible indication di of a smile on paulines Paull nes lips ills his name Is lord dombey she answered demurely ile he Is s the file son of the earl of dear me met I 1 madame de murmured the earl of P allne continued Is one of the lesser english noblemen notwithstanding his anxiety geralds sense of humor was touched toadied if on onty r Y ills his father could have been standing at his side to assist lit in the flip conversation with these two shabbily dressed in dies 1 our titles tire are at any rate not fin n duly modern lie pleaded deprecatingly Bc besides sIdes Is this of any real consequence what precisely do d you want of us its the older lady asked after a slight hesitation the privilege of re renewing ray my acquaintance with you both gerald replied you have done so madame de portiere le minded him with permission to pay my respects at your london residence he urged we do not receive in london was the lie curt reply 1 I trust gerald persisted that you will make imirie an exception in toy my favor pauline suddenly intervened there was a shade of hauteur in tier her manner but some frankness my dear aunt she said there are certain things which it Is impossible to conceal my aunt and I 1 she went on addressing gerald are living in some impossible rooms in an impossible lie hotel in golith kensington I 1 see no reason however why by we should not recene you there it if you are in earnest in your desire to call we are without acquaintances in this city madame de portiere closed tier her lorg forg bettes with a little snap we are staying staging at number 28 F kr r riston gardens south kensington she said 1 I 1 bellei belle e they the call the place the Er earlston riston gardens carden hotel if you will permit me gerald suggested 1 I will III bring my lay sister to call upon iou QU when site she Is IB in town in the nic meantime antime may I 1 venture upon a daring suggestion you are without acqua acquaintances ln lit in toi town n so BO tor for these few days am 1 I will you ou do me are the lie great honor of dining at Rane ranelagh lagh tonight with me mel we shall escape this insufferable heat and be able to listen to music out of doors 1 I regret that it Is impossible sir biro madame de portiere rep replied liefl gerald cerald was naturally qu quick ick witted there were many little things lie he had already noted mademoiselle he sold said turning alg to pauline Paul lue 1 I beg you to intercede with your aunt I 1 do not invite you to oni one of the established restaurants the great charm of Kanel Raner agli tigh Is its informality the people who have been pla jaing tennis and golf stay on n to dine with some trifling change in their attire I 1 myself should have to ask ou aou to excuse my remaining in morning dress it la Is a convention of the place milord doubts our wardrobe pauline remarked with a faint smile no she went on las hastily tily please do not think we tire are offended I 1 think your discretion Is a admirable and aunt I 1 beg of you let us its accept lord domneys Oom Dom heys beys invitation think how hav much we ure tire su suffering frering train from the ali heat dent think of our stuffy room our able dinner in short I 1 insist if you will III allow me inc I 1 will call for you lit at a quarter to eight gorilla gerald proposed turning to 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