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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1932.

The Late Arnold Bennett's Last Long Story UNFINISHED

"DREAM OF DESTINY”

(Copyright Strictly Resorved.).

CHAPTER VII (Continued).

to say, and wo could have finished on a friendly note. But that

wouldn't do fer hor. Oh, no! She must make a scene. She must put it all on to me. And on the most ridiculous grounds. I'd gone out of my way to please her, and all the thanks I got is she kicks up a

tion, staring at the dark window as wiao he had been to dislike Milll-though absorbed in the great sum cent from the very first, and how ming up of the whole caso. "Come on! Como on" said odd it was that a clover man such Never again!" Tommy ejaculat-shindy and passes me the ring nc- Tommy, not without impatience.ne Tommy unquestionably was, had ed grimly. He sighed and rose to ross the table in the restaurant! 1 "Out with it. You nover really not been able to see clearly from his feet.

call it monstrous. However, there cared for ber."

"I didn't think she was quite your nort. Put it that way."

"You never cared for her," "No."

"Then why the hell didn't you way so at first "

ma

tell you.

nai at this moment. I wasn't half so happy when I naked her to marry me and shu graciously accepted. No! I'm through. Never again!"

"Safest."

MASTERPIECE

Arnold Bennett's last long story was left| unfinished, but this does not spoil its worth or readable quality, but rather adds a mystery value which will be found very intriguing.

the first all that he saw now. "No thanks, old boy. I won't you are! And let Ho sympathized-dooply with have another cigar. I'll have a Boy, I never was happier than Tommy, Ench said to himself that cigarette." Having found and the other was the beat of good, ighted the cigarette, he sat down follows.

again and breathed out forcibly, Tommy went on, relieved by his as he might have done had the room fadmission of his relief at the been oppressively hot. Tommy laughed. "And after rupture: "My idea is that she's "Nancy. Smythe will be more "You bet it is...I'm sorry for all," he continued bitterly, "who is in trifle cold by temperament. Never than a bit cross, when she hears," poor Milly," Tommy resumed, with Roland privately criticized both she? She's got monty, certainly, I wanted to kiss, but always wanted he said reflectively, and laughed.

a new impetus as a now iden pre- Tommy's tone and bia choice of But she came into it. Fell into it, me to want to kiss. And why do Roland laughed too. "She will."sented itself to him. "I don't words. The words were crudo and

"Of course it's humillating," said mean I'm sorry for Never did anything for it. And, women want you to kiss them if

her because the tone bitter-one might say "In fact it's curacdly she's thrown me over. nover did anything with it, except they don't want to kles and really Tommy.

Not at all. malevolent. The truth was that for herself. Rather good at don't enjoy kissing, I should like to humiliating. No getting over that you know I'm not that kind of a Tommy's senaibilities

The Times--- charity matinees and balis, I'm told, know. I'll tell you. Your want-announcement in And she's what's called musical ing to kiss them is a proof that marriage will not take place talk. Gatulent s'm sorry for her be bleeding; they acutely smarted.

'cause--well, she's nearly thirty and I'll say this for her she does read they're attracting you, that they've, Still, one has to stand that.

what's she going to do now? Wil "You know," said Roland, in the papers and the reviews, Noth-got you. It's possession that "Yes; and it'll soon be forgotten. ane select some ageing millionaire spite of himself, but very cautious- ing she can't talk about and around, they're after. They want to damn These affairs seem terrific at the for a change, old enough to see her ly, "you could hardly expect her to She knows all the names and the well own you, that's what it is time, but afterwarda-" Roland did as a young giri? Or will she just tell you straight out she'd made a titles I menn of books. But on Supposing I didn't offer to kiss her, juot Anish the sentence.

fade into the sero and yellow-a mistake. They must have some ex- the only subject I'm keen on-ro- what'd she say? 'Don't you love "If she'd simply told me that virgin? Well, that's her business cuse, some pretext. I believe they form of the legislative machine, me any more, then?' Plaintive." sho'd come to the conclusion she'd not mine. So why should I scarcely ever what they're

A pause.

made a mistake about her feelings, worry? Anyhow, I wish her luck, thinking except when they're angry. "Yes, you're well out of it, that I could have understood.

... Yes, I'll have just a spot more." She has broken it off; that's the Tommy," said Roland with convic-There wouldn't have been anything is host had pointed to the whisky, (Continued on Page 10)

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If sho things

she gives the show away every time she opens her mouth. doesn't understand other better than she understand that, it's God help her... Look here, I don't want to seem hard on the girl. But you grasp what I mean, don't you? I'm just looking the facta in the face; that's all."

"Quite! Quite!" Roland concur red soothingly, and thought

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