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:SL0W felt slightly myitlfled. He
hid deduced, from the evident care
itance ureni ubu umura e
j. nf Audrey that the girl
iM have been kept in complete ig-
Hrt of t"e existence ui u ve.
ouwtlen bnd been naked with the
Idea of dlsceyerlng If Audrey knew
tfc place, ana wnen ane-ncaimiy
...LrfrMl that ahe did. and Beamed
accept its existence with equanimity,
"mop thnn nutsled. He could
i ...!. tupii n rlrlbeln reconciled
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btr metner cennrenun " "
i Mabiisnmeni. iuhe
'ystiflcatien, however, in his race
leaned across the table.
i"! think you are going te say yea,
te laid. "New, where ahall we go?
,m jelllcst thing in town ac preaeni
ill Ot show at the Arcadian 'Don't
Mle. feed jokes, and everything."
Ji . ...1 11 l Aii4ni'i hMiln
,t girl Lela Denbigh waa acting
It. Once mere jealousy seiiea neia
Audrey, one naa aeeu earnneiw
i. ti Runneae. after all. he had
ST when he had said there waa nothing
I It I Suppose he had given ner up
ttai.se be preferred Lela te herself.
' An essentially .enumua ui ecucu
...... h- reflected en all this. She
..,.! ,n ge this woman and study her,
te find out whether ahe waa superior
"S herself. It might hurt her. in the
rlrlB! of it, but there weuM be a cer
'UfaiMtltf action about It. She ateadled
'1st ifltatlen and spoke very calmly.
"hit m ka -. fun." ah an.
,?iftred; and tried te persuade herself
Ait sae meant it.
Preslew booked the seats, and they
lift the tea-shop.
They turned up toward Oxford
fctef.-and as they did be Audrey, came
b)n abrupt standstills
WalVIni toward them, en the same
1 Ms of the read, was Jim Harknesa.
Eukness came airaigm lewara .aem.
St was evident te Audrey thaj ha had
et seen her, for his head waa bent
i slightly, and theugl. hl atflde was
rigorous. It ws rsy iu jirtTD .u.
it was lest in thought.
; Preslew glanced quickly at Audrey,
nu tnlnlne had tauaht him the lra-
Mrtance of details in a person's de-
rl j i..- .mUmi.m 1a .tit.f
elHarkness bad net passed unnoticed
by him. He remembered having seen
Htrkness at the Academy with Con
stance Brent and Audrey. Alse, he
rtaembcrcd the tales he had heard con cen
etnilnc Harkness.
Birkness looked up and saw them,
A hardly perceptible falter showed in
his walk, as though he had crushed an
lmpnlfe te step. H(b eyes rested en
Audrey's face 'for a moment, and there
wit an unspoken question in the leek,
then he lifted his hat and passed en.
Preslew acknowledged the salute
stiffly, and the (act waa net lest en
Audrey despite the turmoil of her
thoughts. She wondered at the hostility
fit.
Preslew was wondering also. He
was trying te guess why the advent of
this man whom he regarded as an
"outsider" should have be disturbed
Audrey's mental equilibrium. He de
cided It might repay him te find out. ,
"Curious thing meeting that fellow
Hitknesk," he said indifferently. "I
thought he was out of Knglund. But"
with a well -feigned hestltatien
"of course, he was with you at the
Academy, wnsn't he?"
"Yes." Audrey answered almost
listlessly. "De you knew him?"
"I knew of him," answered Preslew.
The answer reused Audrey te in4
tares:. "Why the distinction?" she
asked.
Preslew shrugged his shoulders. The
erement conveyed mere than a little.
Audrey felt vaguely uneasy.
"Them Is nn nicl rn knew nnmnn
kactuse you knew of hlra," Raid Pres
ew. "In fact, in this case, the mere
ete knows the less one feels inclined
a knew." He laughed (.lightly.
Audrey's uneasiness Increased. She
was remembering that her mother had
Mt liked Harknesa, and she began te
wonder If her mother had known some
thing of the man, had heard something
which she hnd net communicated te
wrielf. She felt n desperute anxiety
te learn everything there was te learn.
I m afrnid I knew very little nbeut
Mm," she said, "but I thought him
wrynlce."
Preslew cjed her senrchlngly. Her
"tempt te appear nt ease did net de
Ml him. He lenlized thnt she was
Meering under some tremendous emo
tional incubus, which hnd been In
creased by the sight of Harkness. She
was speaking te him naturnlly, but
Mr eyes were net seeing him. She
jmed stupefied by n weight of thought
"could hnrtlly support.
J i', PSSIble that she loved Hark-
USUI 'Vna miniAiiltlA ..n.mjtj !.. .11
'!. i l' .but u few seconds of keen
.v. f,,un lem reaiew tunt it was mere
n likely. Harkness had that raffish.
2S il surety nbeut hlm which must
Su'iV t0,(""cnl especially te unso unse
Phlitlcated girls. He asked a quick
Question,
"Where did you meet him?"
He expected Audrey te tell him that
mL8.?1 tl,e l:r08- bt 'er answer,
w. lt. """Prised him, strengthened
Ji'.wnvlctten thnt she was In love
"w Harknesa.
f,,.A.r'ccrne. He stayed nt our ho he
Shi. . ".I cnme n te Mente Carle
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llmi! .r,ntp CarJ'"
aiUlOSt SOlUenillzlnir. "T
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Seiii. n .,rer H velce' w,,,c1' (11(l net
SSTcawiK' a"a Warned bl,n t0
St euld appeal te him, I think."
wlHT ffie l Au,,re''8 tone was dullel
oB,me.(Uteo,.,l,.0,ntment, "Xt P
kJt 'It? love,: Place." admitted Pres
tm'r,. Vut rnther "Pe'lted new, If you
HrWmf!10" "!v Hn5,,n B0- Pl"p(' With
wjwus, profiteers unci nilventuwra
'ai APAul,91bet.wet'n 'H ,fts' two words
tie? fteUbcrtt'e. but Audrey did net no-
-im'iV, n,"d the poeplo didn't worry
maiMni .'" "yy " en y haw the
limine and the ken n.i n, i,.nnf,ii
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and
Audrey went inside 'te e'nd the telefram
te Aunt Ella.' telllna- her whm aia
waa and what ahe intended dplng. While
Auurey waa wimin rresiew tneugnt
nam.
The recent converaatlen had wandered
away from the wbject of Harkneaa by
his contrivance, because be wanted te
think the. matter ever..
He was convinced that Audrey cared
for Harkneaa, aad he waa equally con
vinced that it waa hla duty te dlaillu dlaillu
slen her and endeavor te klj any aft
fectieq ahe had for the man, Hia ego
ism persuaded hlm that he wa doing
thla purely for the geed of Andrey,
and net because ,he wished te eliminate
from the game ft man who might prove a
serious rival te hla own matrimonial
ambitions.
Tiut .hew te de itt Hla knowledge
of human nature warned nlra thnt any
open attempts t6 vilify Harknesa would
merely arouse resentment In Audrey
and possibly mere than defeat their
own object. It must be done aubtly
cleverly waa the word Preslew used
te himself. In the meantime it might
be as well if he avoided the subject al
together. Fettina lente waa alwaye a
sound maxim te bear in mind in an nf
falr of this description.
Adrew harided in her wire and came
ever te him.
. "New for the park and the flowers,"
he sold.
It is probable that Harkneaa' senses
were stunned when he first saw Audrey
with Preslew. He knew he had man
aged te observe the usual formalities,
but beyond that he waa hardly aware
of what had happened,
He waa in a desnerate and danceretia
mood. Frem the time when he had
driven hla great racing car away from
Audrey's gate at Knockholt te the time
of this meeting with her and Preslew
no had net slept. Yet be was net
tired. Instead he waa consumed with
n restless energy.
when be drove up te his garage en
the afternoon which found Audrey at
the Eres he was dirty and wild, but
wideawake and incisive. The car waa
coated with mud and filth, and her
radiator was an but boiled dry. They
seemed a correctly asserted pair a
desperate, savage man and a rurastreus,
savage machine.
"Clean her I" he said curtly te the
man. And went straight te his flat and
dressed for the evening, Chance had
led him te Bend street and the path
of Audrey Brent.
Audrew hnd allowed Preslew te
monopolize her at the Academy. Why
Harkneaa thought of that he did net
knew, but It filled him with bitter re
sentment. Danger - .
He was torturing his soul; and 'site
was dallying with this smooth-spoken,
oily creature he could have broken with
one hand.
If she had loved him aa she had pro
fessed, she would .have been nt home at
mac moment Drcauing ner heart, as
surely as he was breaking his.
one naa net cared, it had been a
snam. $
The thoughts flashed through Hark
nesa brain as he strode en. The un
reason of them did net atrlke him. Fer
the nrst time In his life he was jealous,
jealous as he was In most ethdr thlnn.
strongly and fiercely; jealous of a girl
he had deliberately given up and sworn
never te see again.
it was absurd, but just because It
was absurd it was the mere dangerous,
for it showed te what a condition of
mind Harkness hnd been brought. He
was ripe for anything, however reck
less, and all the consequences in the
world would weigh as nothing against
any Impulse which might seize him.
At Bruten street he united irresolute,
half-minded te turn down te Seuth
Audley street and go te the Eres Club.
But there he could see Constance Brent,
and then He decided lt might be
safer for the moment net te go.
A bus passed him, and en Its side
waa the advertisement for the Arcadian
play which had caused Audrey se much
pain.
VLeIbI" Harkness repeated the name
te himself. He had made a confidante
of Leis in this love affair of his, and
he felt that there was consequently a tie
of sympathy between them. (Alse she
was a real geed pal. a girl te whom a
fellow could talk plainly. And he wanted
somebody te whom he could talk. He
could net go en forever clamping down
nil his misery nnd his thoughts.
He found n telephone box, nnd, ring
ing up the Arcadian, secured a box.
CHAPTER XVI
At the Arcadian
Audrey enjoyed neither the flowers In
Kegcnt's Park nor the very nice little
dinner with Preslew afterward. The
alght of Harkness hnd ruined the rest
of the evening as far as she Was con
cerned. Preslew was net certain aa te the
cuuae of her comparative listlessncss.
He could net imagine her being se tre
mendously in love with Harkness that
the mere sight of him should cause her
he much depression, for the simple
reason that he himself was Incapable, of
such love unless the object of lt hnn-
hiened te be his own. sleek person.
The scats Preslew had secured at
the Arcadian were in the circle. He
saw several peeple he knew in the
stalls and hoped profoundly that they
would net recognize him. This outing
must never corae te Lord Conning ten's
cars. He was net certain thut his
undo would approve of Audrey spending
an evening in his company.
The show was a geed one, filled with
bright music and clever dialogue. But
Audrey heard very little of it. Sliu
hiiw only one perren in the whole play,
and that was Leis Denbigh.
The girl was beautiful. Audrey was
forced te ndmit lt. Even allowing fur
the effect of the lavish muke-ui) uud the
dazzle of the lights, she was n splendid
cieatiuc. And she was clever. Hiieli n
girl could never be empty-headed. In
experienced as Audrey was, she realized
something 01 tne art wnicn J.eis ex
hibited every time she cnme en te the
stage. Her volce was clear and power
ful, and her technique as faultless as
hard study and geed masters could make
it. The people who eaia that l.em
Denbigh was going te be the sreatebt of
all musical comedy stars weru net ven
turing en uu unsnfe prophecy. Slowly,
Audrey began te wonder If her judg
ment had been at fault.
Te the right of the auditorium a box
was vacant. Hulf v,uy through the Hist
uct Its prcsence was forced en Audrey's
notice. A man lounged into it, and
one glance at his lean, dark face made
her catch her bicath.
Jim Harknesa had come te watch
LeIh Denbigh act. On hew many pre
vious occnslens had he occupied that
snme box? She had heard of men uhe
went uisht after night te a theatie be
cause they wished te nee ene action
nepfnrin. Audrey watched Leis closely.
The girl had glanced swiftly at the
newcomer. Mere than once she turned
toward the box as she spoke her Hues.
Te Audrey lt seemed that all her smiles
were for Harkness.
Just befere the end of the act Audrey
gnw'n unlfeuncd attendant In the box
nnd HnrUncss writing benicthlng en the
back of u visiting enrd. He handed the
curd 'te the attendant and the man
unlshed. , t, .
Ah the curtain came down en the net
nnd the lights went up for the Interval
the nttendunt returned, Harkness fol
lowed him from the box,
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