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friends to read in the newspapers。〃

〃What do you mean?〃 asked Kettering sharply。

Mirelle laughed; her head thrown back。

〃Parbleu! I mean the gentleman who calls himself the te de la Roche。 I know all about him。 I am Parisienne; you remember。 He was her lover before she married you; was he not?〃

Kettering took her sharply by the shoulders。

〃That is a damned lie;〃 he said; 〃and please remember that; after all; you are speaking of my wife。〃

Mirelle was a little sobered。

〃You are extraordinary; you English;〃 she plained。 〃All the same; I dare say that you may be right。 The Americans are so cold; are they not? But you will permit me to say; mon ami; that she was in love with him before she married you; and her father stepped in and sent the te about his business。 And the little Mademoiselle; she wept many tears! But she obeyed。 Still; you must know as well as I do; Dereek; that it is a very different story now。 She sees him nearly every day; and on the fourteenth she goes to Paris to meet him。〃

〃How do you know all this?〃 demanded Kettering。

〃Me? I have friends in Paris; my dear Dereek; who know the te intimately。 It is all arranged。 She is going to the Riviera; so she says; but in reality the te meets her in Paris and … who knows! Yes; yes; you can take my word for it; it is all arranged。〃

Derek Kettering stood motionless。

〃You see;〃 purred the dancer; 〃if you are clever; you have her in the hollow of yo

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