Show thousandth ay E ST W WOMAN 0 author of RAFFLES etc illustrations by 0 0 or BOBS sau CHAPTER ati XI I 1 C continued 11 I 1 to tte a accepted hit his fate with ready resignation so tin little short of alacrity there WAS ban a gleam in hla his somber her eves so and ad hla his blue ch coln com came up with a luck lerk talking said bald he now will 70 you promise premise me never to marry caza casa let at ah mr toe that a talking too and I 1 guess I 1 in ran it to b be it 11 s not all dog deg in the manger either I 1 w want ant that promise a lot more tha than I 1 want the other you ra d t marry marcy me allen blanche but ou u ome omery clot C lot blanche a was blading but this I 1 is U impie pa out outrageous 1 I 1 claim there a an outrageous cause for it ft are am ou on prepared to sweet swear what I 1 ash bud and mat me as an III trust treat you or am I 1 to tell jim ou the whole ahm thing right now I 1 lou won on t force us me ato to listen to an other ont from you it if loure on re a gen neman mr it a not atiat at I 1 am that on counts no sm swear be r that bat to we me and I 1 well ou mv ILL old side that at I 1 wont at g agne it him 1 away Y to asua you or aanons an on a else but tt it roust I 1 be the most solemn contract man and woman evar made ads the silver tea teapot P 0 erld at this juncture and not inopportunely she had to g gie a him his tea with he her loung og in maids it help and ad to play aminy a tiny is part A in which he be supported he her really beautifully she had time to think a al most moet coolly conill and one thought thong lit brought a thrill if it waa a a question of her marring marr ing or net marrying W alter cazalet C let then them he be must meet be free and ami only the doer deer of some dreadful deed I 1 what has a he done deal she begged with a P pathetic betic abandonment of her of previous attitude the moment t they hey were cm by liniment themselves lust I 1 tell ioui on I 1 his reluctance urice rang genuine gente 7 1 insist upon it she fl flashed bed again tt ell bit it s a long story no eer mind led I 1 can list listen be you a know k paw I 1 had to 9 go back to italy had lou well A 11 1 I it did go lie he had slurred blurred the I 1 first lot statement this one us was as char deliberate I 1 did go 90 arid d before I 1 went I 1 asked cazalet for ii c introduction to lorna friends of 1 his it adjmi an 1 in rome I 1 did dlan t know knew he ind had bay any sold said E branche arhe nth w h he be decant t have any said T toye eye but b he claimed abe to hae arms if he e left the kaiser frus the other day at naples apler I 1 go guess ess he be told no I 1 understood under nia be came T round to southampton southampton surely rely you shared a CA cboin M on onla from go genoa theta where I 1 enok k t the be steamer and cars cazalet let m regained gained her we well I 1 he H e claimed to hae spent the in ter berval v a 1 am mostly early with friends at rome benth T those hose fr friends I 1 bend don t exist ml miss 33 blanche said toye Is I 1 t that hot an any I 1 business of ind mine she he asked ked him squarely inh tt hv yes yea I 1 in afraid it I 1 going to be that hat I 1 is unless you II 11 still trust treat me go on please athy he be never at taked at rome at sell all re nor vet in italy any longer than it to takes 1 to come through on the train your street attention h for one moment I 1 he took k 1 out I a neat pocketbook tent blanche had opened her tip lips but she did not at interrupt she just juat grasped the arms of be her chair a as though about to bear physical pai pain u the kaiser arct toye e waa as speaking from ba book got get to naples late monday afternoon after ifton september eighth seems seema she was overdue and I 1 was mad about it and ne neer got away again till the do tell ms about out walter 11 T cazalet rac cried ad blanche ch it w was a like small talk from a do dentist 0 list at al the last moment but I 1 want you to understood understand about the steamer first said loie lobe she ill I 1 wait eil ed monday night in the bay of naples only sailed led tuesday morning only hod reached ge genoa wednesday morning and n il lay ily the there 0 all of forty eight hours as S 1 these he german geram boats beat do chow anyhow that t brings bring us to friday morning be B fore the kaiser frits gets get quit of italy docen t ill it I 1 I 1 yes 1 I suppose so BO do tell me bout about W walter tree why by I 1 first heard of him at ge noa where they figured I 1 should have he I 1 a a bit all to myself as the other gen fie man a n had been left behind at narles I 1 never saw him till he fit rambled bled aboard again friday beat about the fiat much math minute of the irith eleventh I rith hour algo at genoa I so sure a and ou pretend to know knew where her bed bad been I 1 guess a I 1 do know and tole toi e sighed se aa he be raised hla his little book Cz cazalet alet stopped stepped on no the train that left naples six alx fifty monday evening bud and oft the one timed to r reach ch charing cross three twenty five wednesday dries day the day of I 1 the a in yes yen I 1 m never mer er called it by the a hard bat t name my myself I 1 but it was as seven thirty wednesday Wed neda Y evening that henry craten got his death blow somehow show we veil walter cazalet left charing cre cross east brain by th the idea 0 clock that night and was n a back bach aboard the kaiser fritz on friday mi morning ing full foll a of b his friends 1 in rome roma who he dimitt mait let the notebook was put ut away AUSY with every symptom ol 01 1 relief its 1 I I 1 suppose you can prove W what h at you say sold said blanche in 11 ft a voice bits as dull dell ya as her bar to unseeing eing eyes 1 I 1 I he have men to se swear ear to him tack fick collectors et conductors waltera iter on the tha restaurant car r all up and ad do down the ties line I 1 went nt over t the ln u same ground on the same me trains train so as the that t vaa v aa as armale simple 1 I can also pro produce d a ih t the i b barber alb ah who claims claim to have h taken oft off it hla is le beard be rd in paris w where her he be put 1 in hours thin aday morning blanche looked up suddenly sudden lv not at to toe but past him toward an 11 over ever laden ide side aide table against the w wail fi it waa las there that cataleta Ca zaleta lets photograph had stood food among many others not until this morning BOB h had never cr old it for she seemed hardly to have be been n in her room all the week ek hot but she led had been uon wondering dering wh ab had removed it whether C clet cazalet let who iso had 1 spoken I of f doing I 1 so 10 she he now knew wb E why or martha whom I 1 she he would not act question about it in a fit of angov bernable disapproval and now new there waa t the photograph b back ok in its place amt leather her from frame and ad all 1 k ehnow hot hat you yen did old blanche 1 an ine lou took that photograph with ith ou the one on that table and had him identified by it lt it an was the night I 1 ream came deo down t to ishi bid you good by he rint conless ul ea and ad therit didn t have bae time to wait I 1 tilde dido I 1 come down tor for the photo I 1 sever never thought of it till I 1 saw it there I 1 came down to kind of warn am you miss mine blanche che against him she said as it if there has an only one no am man left in the world I 1 a es I 1 got guess ait I 1 d already warned carabet that I 1 was as starting on his bis tracks track and then tol blanche in a just said eaid poor old 1 d sweep as one talking to in her self elf and toye seized up apon the words as she had bad seized on nothing from him have hane you only pi pity for the fellow ty he cried for far she ehe was gazi gazing ng at tin the bearded photograph w without reaul 01 slon m of course she answered I hardly illy attend attending ru even BB though he killed this man nen een though he came arross across europe to kill him you don t it was as deliberate yourself even if he did do it but ran can lou no doubt that be did or cried t ed toie quilk to ignore the tha point aa U W J my F t t ak bof 11 f aj know what you did said blanche you took that photograph with you she had bad made let none the less iese bin am lenity convinced upon pea the other the I 1 I 1 guess geese you wouldn I 1 it you it heard beard some of the ti things I 1 go he 0 bald aid to me on d the steamer and he be a made good on do every kymble sj liable since mc e he landed and d why thing it explains overy every single ing thing he be a done and left undone hell strain doer ey baft el every nerve nen to li lie have e solution scruton ably de 1 bended fended 11 but he imi wont t so bee the ibe man 1 be hes defend defending i ng says eye himself that he be ran can I 1 face him yes yea he eald so BO to me said id laid blanche no dodding in cefer ahm ynid to you I 1 I 1 did dian didn t t understand ihn him 1 but ut iou on ve been see 1 no him all this while every day said bald blanche har soft boft eyes eye filling suddenly W weve a b had ad a we ve led had in the time then 0 ot r our or 11 lives my god caid aid to toe 3 the time of your life with ft A man who a 0 got another m adu abbood a blood on hla his hands and that makes make no difference to you th ane time of your life with the man who knew where to lay hands on the w weapon on on he it done it with who went as s far as 90 that to the innocent but no further farther he would uld he bal w will ill still if it still necessary you don dont I 1 know knew him mr to toie a you haven t known him all your life and all 11 th athla makes no difference to a good and gentle woman one mm of the gentlest and the best god ever made it if you menzi mean me m I 1 I 1 won I 1 go as far KB a that said 1310 blanche ache I 1 must at him fir ahral IR see C cazales Caz alef tee kofl b bad d eme coma to his hia lost leet not net it alm ply in 16 the horror bud and indignation which had bad gradually taken 1111 possession of him but bat and under r the stream of name flom new and udden sudden resolve 1 ot 01 old blanche ot at c bouso I 1 I 1 must at flee him as a soon as ai possible 1 TOU hall neer r speak 1 to that man again aa long 0 mf aa ever Y you it live bald T tove with the utmost emphasis ani dolium deliberation on 1 whoa who going mm to prevent to I 1 me 1 I I me am by laying an infer tion against him this minute ral unless Y yoi promise never to see aee or to speak ta Is cellist again blanche felt cold and sick but the th bit of downright bullying did b her at good I 1 did dlan t t know knew you were a black mailer mr to tose el you know I 1 im in not but I 1 mean I 1 save you from cazatt Caza iet blackmail or white to I 1 sae B me from a were mere old friend nothing more sno nothing thing an ah our lives I 1 bell byllee that he said searching her with his smoldering eye you run do it tell a I 1 lie 1 1 I g guess out not it I 1 iou on tried tred but lou mi would do something is it s just a man being next bt door to hell hall that would bring a god gods a angel his hia voice ohm book sh she awas vaa a quick to watte un be her aid aide don dent t talk nonsense please she begged forcing a smile ahr through gb her distress W A ill III you promise to do nothing it II it I 1 promise in N not t to 9 go near or him no no nor to see him here no nor t aar else no I 1 give you my word lf if you break it ft I 1 break alna joe that minute la in it a deal that way yes yea yes yell I 1 I 1 promise then ilien so do 1 by god said hll hit ton to a CHAPTER XHI faith unfaithful it a all 11 perfectly true said caza let calmly those were roy my move ments cut while I 1 I 1 was off the ship except for the five hours boura and a bit that I 1 was easy away from charing cross I 1 can of t dispute a detail of III all the rest met but they 11 have to fill 1 in those a five I 1 hours hour unless they want another case to cut col lapse like the one against seminal old savage had wriggled like a vent veil erable emble worm in the experienced ta tal ons of the bobby a bugbear but the then MY mr Drinke drinkwater rater and his dil discoveries ariee had come still out t ot of s a better encounter with nith the truculent attorney i and cazalet casalet had bad described the whole thing so aa only lie he c could cold describe a g given I 1 van episode down to the ultimate dismissal ot of the tha charge against gem ton with a gusto the more cynical for deah the b cately low pitch ot of his voice it we was in the little lodging house sit tt ung ting room mom at nell gwynne a cotta cottages a hs be tend stood with b hla back to the ibe clock arach ling dr that he had just juat lighted him 8 self elf as it W were already at bay for am t the h in folding I 1 it I 1 n g it boora rs were ere in front of his nose a mid and his eyes roved incessantly tr from the 1 anding th rig 4 door mir on one a side bide to the curtained cuita ined casement on the other athert yet sometimes Bome timea he paused to gaze at the friend who had come to warn or him of 11 his danger and it there or was a nothing cynical or grim about him then blanche had broken her word tor for perhaps the first time in her life but it had never before been extorted from 11 her by due duress and it it 11 would be 11 affa fatten to credit her with ith much corn core direction ion on the point her one great qualm lay in the possibility of toye s in turning up at 1 BUY any moment but this his she he had obviated to some extent by coming straight to the cottages when he be left her presumably to look for casalet I 1 I 1 in ld london since ie she had bad be been af cr careful not 0 I 1 to in in notion mention his chan change a of adar address C cazalet 10 to he her r relief but also a little to her hurt sh she e had ad found at his bis lodgings in the neighborhood run full of the inc news he had bad not managed to c communicate mume to her but it nas as no tha time eto tor taking tailing anything but his hia peril to a heart and that they had been ill dis bussing cussing almost it as 11 man to I num man II 11 1 at rather as innocent man to innocent ruane mator man enea een now or perhaps now t in hla his presence I 1 leaah t of all 11 blanche could not bring herself to in believe her old friend g guilty alty of a violent crime amper however n unpremeditated for which brother another had ban been allowed to offer for foi baxer b no vever axer short time TO lon BD CONTINUED |