PACE
FOUR
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I
INSTALMENT
XXXVIII.
So
Miss
Brown,
notwlthstand
ing
her
new
frock,
sat
alone
while
Paul
and
Frances
very
.much
to
the
admiration
of
tne
increasing
company,
danced,
when
they
re
turned
at
last
to
the
table,
Fran
ces
lookink
unusually
animated,
Paul
aravelv
offered
himself
to
Miss
Brown.
Supper,
however,
was
on
the
table,
and
a
hovering
waiter
whispered
in
their
ears
that
thev'had
only
twenty
min
utes
in
which
to
drink
the
bottle
of
wine
upon
which
Paul
had
in
sisted.
"If
you
have
a
chance
after
ward.
Miss
Brown
said.
"You
must
have
your
suoper
first,
though."
A
cheery
hou
rfollowed.
A
good
many
theatrical
celebrities
came
in
some
of
whom
Paul
recognized
and
pointed
out.
Then
his
period
of
respite
came
to
an
end.
He
was
sent
for
to
dance
and
was
able.
to
make
only
occasional
visits
to
their
table.
During
one
of
these
he
directed
Miss
Browns
atten?
tion
to
a
little
party
who
had
Just
conte
in.
There
was
a
glitter
in
his
eyes
as
he
watched
them.
Mala
koff
appeared
to
be
in
charge,
and
with
him
were
Bretskopf
and
ftrasset,
the
third
of
the
foreign
envoys.
They
were
accompanied
by
three
elaborately
dressed
and
coiffured
but
somewhat
Obvious-looking
ladies,
and
they
made
a
great
deal
of
noise
as
they
took
their
places.
"That
is
the
way
the
money
of
my
poor
peasants
is
being
spent,"
Paul
said
sadly.
"Look
at
the
Jewels
those
women
are
wearing
all
new
within
the
last
few
days.
They
are
habitues
of
the
place
and
among
the
least
welcome."
Miss
Brown
looked
at
his
darkening
face.
.
"Promise
me."
she
begged.
"Yen
need
have
no
fear,"
he
interrupted.
"I
am
with
you
and
Miss
Austin.
The
man
Is
safe
un-4
less
he
himself
becomes
objectionable."
Paul
was
summoned
away
and
the
girls
proceeded
with
their
supper
in
leisurely
fashion.
Pres
ently
all
three
of
the
newcomers
were
dancing.
Miss
Brown
saw
Bretskopf
recognize
Paul
and
scowl.
A
little
later
on.
when
Paul
ama
to
una
time
to
visit
tnem
again.
Bretskopf
and
the
girl,
who
was
siuing
arm
and
arm
with
him,
whispered
together.
The
girl
looked
across
and
waved
her
hand
at
Paul,
who
replied
stiffly.
She
whispered
to
Bretskopf.
An
'evil
smite
flashed
Into
the
lattert
face.
He
sent
for
a
waiter,
who
presently
crossed
the
floor
and
approached
Paul.
"A
gentleman
there
wants
you
to
dance
vdth
his
lady
friend."
he
announced.
"Yeu
can
tell
him."
Paul
replied,
."that
my
time
is
all
engaged
this
evening."
The
waiter
hesitated.
The
message
was
an
unusual
one.
He
returned,
however,
and
delivered
it.
BreUkopf's
scowl
deepened,
and
be
beckoned
to
the
manager.
They
talked
together
for
a
moment.
"Why
don't
you
dance
with'
me?"
Frances
whispered.
"You
can't
be
dragged
away.
I
can
pose
as
a
client
can't
I?
You
can
say
that
you
are
taking
me
on
cheaply
because
onr
ateps
match
so
well."
Paul
shook
his
head.
"Thank
you.
Miss
Austin."
he
said.
"It
is
very
thoughtful
of
you.
nut
wis
matter
must
be
settled
otherwise."
The
manager
came
across
to
ttaesn.
He
was
lookirjg
a
little
per
iBexed.
He
addressed
Paul
in
a
fnesKSly
fashion.
'
"The
aentleman
there
wants'
arou
very
much
to
dance
with
MademH'
oiaelle
Lola."
he
announced."
'Ymfftf.
haw
no
objection
V
,
"I
am
very
sorry
to
say
that
I
have,"
Paul
replied.
"I
will
dance
with
no
one
who
is
in
the
company
of
that
person."
The
manager
frowned.
The
tone
was
new
to
him.
"Who
is
the
man?"
he
inquired.
"Bretskopf
the
revolutionary
Believe
me,
Mr.
Maturan,
I
have
excellent
reasons
for
my
refusal.1
"It
isn't
usual,
you
know,"
the
manager
ventured.
"The
circumstances
are
unus
ual,"
Paul
pointed
out
curtly.
"The"
man
Bretskopf
is
a
scoundrel
and
a
mnraerer.
i
will
touch
no
one'
who
hat
been
In
his
company."
1
"They
have
ordered
a
very
expensive
supper,"
the
manager'
grumbled.
"No
one
spends
money;
like
these.
However,
I
will
see
whether
Mademoiselle
Lola
will
be
content
with
Alfred."
He
departed
on
his
errand
of
compromise.
Bretskoprs
face
dar
kened
as
he
listened
to
what
he
'
had
to
say.
The
girl
leaned
back
farming
herself,
with
an
amused
ttnne.
She
shotill
her
fist
nla.
fully
at
Paul,
who
was
finishing
iiis
supper
oaimiy.
i
nope
this
won
t
mean
any
trouble
for
you,"
Miss
Brown
said.
"I
do
not
wish
to
lose
my
Job
here,"
Paul
acknowledged
"I
would
sweep
the
streets
if
it
were
necessary
to
earn
money
but;
there
are
things
which
are
impos-i
slble."
The
manager
returned.
He
was
obviously
a
little
annoyed
and
had
the
air
of
a.
man
tired
of
the
sub
Ject.
"I'm
afraid
I'll
have
to
ask
you
said
to
Paul.
"The
gentleman
insists.
He
points
out
that
you
are
engaged
here
to
dance,
which
is
quite
true,
and
he
claims
the.
right
to
engage
you.
He.
says
that
you
can
double
your
fee."
For
a
moment
Miss
Brown
was
afraid.
There
was
a
fury
in
Paul's
face
which
reminded
her
of
the"
previous
occasion
when
he
had
spoken
of
this
man.
He
restrained
nimseir,
nowever,
witn
an
eirort.
"I
am
sorry,"
he
sai3,
"nothing
will
induce
me
to
dance
with
Mademoiselle
Lola
while
she
is
in
her
present
company."
It's
no
good
taking
that
tone."'
the
other
protested,
some
of
the
'you
dance
with
no
one
else
here,
suaveness
of
his
manner
already
mow
or
at
any
other
time.
Is
that
gone.
'These
fellows
have
got
the
(understood?"
pull
over
there,
they've
got
thei
"Perfectly,"
Paul
replied
coldly.
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and
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have
your
living
to
earn."
Paul
said
nothing
for
a
moment,
but
he
appeared
to
be
deliberating.
"Come
now,"
the
manager
en-Joined.
"Be
sensible."
"I
was
only
hesitating,"
Paul
said,
"whether
I
should
go
and
repeat
.the,,
.
thrashing
I
gave
to
tnat'-inan
last
time
we
met.
If
I
were
not
accompanied
by
my
young-lady
friends
-this
-evening
I
should
certainly
do
so."
.
The
manager
lost
his
temocr.
"It's
damned
nonsense
talking
like
that,"
he
said.
"If
you
wont
dance
with
Mademoiselle
Lola,
-If
$375
made
at
with
by
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"Our
engagement
can
be
considered
"afan
end!
I
am
paying
-for
my
supper
and
I
shall
dance
with
my
young
lady
guests.
After
that
I
will
enter
your
place
no
more."
The
manager
turned
away
SDeechlMN
with
aimer.
Frances
laid
her
hand
upon
Paul's
coat
sleeve,
1
am
verv
sorry
indeed
that
this
abaald
nave
1m
opened,"
she
aid,
rl
you
are
quite
right.
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Llfe
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He
smiled
at
her
gratefully.
I
Her
easy
tone
as
well
as
the
tact
of
her
words
had
an
Instantaneous
I
effect.
The
thunderclouds
passed
from
.Paul's
face,
jic
even
smii
cd.
"'
"It
Is
time,"
he
said,
"that
I
had
mydancewHh-Mlss
Brown."
She
hesitated,
but
his
outstretched
hand
was
insistent.
"It
is
an
opportunity,"
he
declared
gravely.
So
they
danced;
Miss
Brown
who
was
a
shy
but
graceful
per
former,
very
'
nanny
When
they
resumed
their
places,
Bretskapf's
tame
was
again
the
scene
or
con
-
m:mwarmm
tan
tm
wmmm
.
troversy.
They
watched
with
ln-
ierei
me
argument
wnicn
was
In
progress.
The
head
waiter,
ap
uiugeuu
in
iiiwiuae,
was
aoine
nis
best
to
soothe
his
guests.
Ths
manager
was
sent
for.
Malakoff
whispered
in
his
ear
and
he
ob-
viousiy
hesitated.
He
glanced
round
the
room.
Presently
he
and
mc
Menu
waner
uepanea.
lancing
earnestly.
In
less
than
five
mlnlfi
utes
two
magnums
of
champagivj
in
palls
of
ice
stood
by
the
side
of
Bretskopfs
table.
The
place
began
to
take
on
a
livelier
aspect;
several
of
the
other
guests
demanded
and
were
served
with
alcoholic
refreshment,
chiefly
in
Jugs.
Paul
shook
his
head.
"It
is
no
longer
my
affair,"
he
remarked,
"but
I
do
not
like
this.,
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