1936-01-03 — Page 11

CHINE

RIDAY—TANIARY 3, 1936

The Count's Courtship

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completely spoiling me with your -Four kindness. "I wouldn't rob you of your peace and quiet for all the world. There, Richard, that's it

She leaned a little heavily on my arm, walking slowly and deliber ately. In the doorway she turned; hesitated.

"And now, good-night, my dear "Count," she said. “

The Comet stood, stark 23 patriot, against the wall It se not to be roses all the way."

he

"Good-night, my dear lady,” said

As we slowly ascended the stairs I could hardly refrain from gently. taking my aunt with what seemed very like coquetry. Yet something in her words had set me doubting. And as I now looked sidejong at her I fancied I could detect a gravity in her face which no mere feminine caprice could cause explain. At her bed-room door I handed her the candle.

"I wish you could have stayed a little," I murabled inamely, "he ~really meant it, you know.

ought to have realised that..........

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She took the candle, staring: vacantly into my face the while.

I should lie to see you; Richard, in about ten minutes' time," she said. “Step up can- tiously to my room here. I shall be awaiting you. I want a few minutes' quiet, sensible talk-you understand 7"

And with that she went in and shut the door.

•

"Richard, Richard," I heard the Count's stealthy whisper at the foot of the stairs; but I made a clatter with the door handle, pre- tending not to have heard him

I sat in my bedroom speculating; in vain what my aunt wanted with

me

In ten minutes I tapped softly, and she herself opened the door. She was attired-in-a-voluminous dressing gown of scarlet fennel;} ber, hair was loosely plaited and looped up on her shoulders, with less of grey in it than I. bad supe! posed. She shut the door after me, and rather stifly signed to me to sit down.

"I'll trouble you, please, to speak rather softly, Richard," she said. "because 13 window is open for air, and the Count is walking in She seated herself the garden."

on a stiff bedroom chair, clasping her hands in her ample lap. "I've called you in, my boy, to tell you! that I am going to leave here to morrow."NA

I leaned forward to speak, but she peremptorily waved me back. "Janet has ordered a cab for me: it will be at the door at 11 o'clock! in the morning. My trunks- these two, just what I shall require Janet -are packed and ready.

will see to the rest And I'll ask! you to be kind enough to send thei others to me by the railway before!

See that the end of the week. they're securely locked and corded; the keys are under the clock. there. What's more I want you to take! the Count for a walk early to- morrow morning, and not to retura! with him till luncheon, when I shall be when I shall be, well- Don't keep on out of the house. opening your mouth. Richard; distracts me. Then in some sort of explanation you are to tell him that his hospitality was so-so con- genial to me that I hadn't the heart nor the words either-to say good-bye. Tell him I write Food-bye. Is that perfectly clear, now***

A languid breath of air gently lifted the white blind, as if to cool the flush that bad spread over my ant's cheek. Her face V2S 10- scrutable.

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