"Nothing ?" "He'd not keep his promise to you if--In fact, he was debating with me whether or not he'd back down." "Either what you say is false," said she evenly, "or you are betraying the confidence of a friend who trusted in your honor." "Oh, he said it, all right.

You know how he is about confidences." "No matter." Margaret rose slowly, a gradual lifting of her long, supple figure.
Grant watching, wondered why he had never before realized that the sensuous charm of her beauty was irresistible.

"Where were my eyes ?" he asked himself.

"She's beyond any of the women I've wasted so much time on." She was saying with quiet deliberateness: "A few days ago, Grant, I'd have jumped at your offer--to be perfectly frank.

Why shouldn't I be frank! I'm sick of cowardly pretenses and lies.