26/29 Her heart may have been set on the match, and she might have threatened to leave her fortune elsewhere if Mrs.Octagon did not agree. Failing this, Mrs.Octagon, through Basil, gave that photograph to Maraquito in the hope that Juliet would ask questions of me--" "And if she had asked questions ?" asked Jennings quickly. "Don't think me a conceited ass," he said, trying to laugh, "but Maraquito is in love with me. I stayed away from her house because she became too attentive. I never told you this, as no man has a right to reveal a woman's weakness. |