A Daughter of Delilah — page 50: what you’re looking at

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“LOVE THAT HATH US IN THE NET!” 41 minutes later he-was driven away in a coupe to his busi- ness in Wall street. | : ‘Tam sick of it all!’’ Edgar said to his sister, when they were alone in the drawing-room. ‘‘This Lord St. Leonards is booked by our papa for you, Minnie, and I am expected to reserve myself for the peer’s sister, or cousin, or any other angular fright that may be possessed of a title and a pedigree. I have not a particle of interest in this projected trip to Europe, and have no intention of going, either! The midnight orgie to which he so politely referred means a visit to the woman I worship! I tell you what it is—we shall have to face the old chap, assert ourselves, and trust to luck!”’ There was a moody frown on his brow. ‘‘And as for the beggarly allowance he makes me,’’ he went on, savagely, “‘it is a disgrace, considering his wealth !’’ Minnie opened her eyes widely. ‘‘Ten thousand a year, Edgar,’’ she reminded him. ‘“Pshaw !”’ He was thinking of the siren who had enslaved him. “Ror your sake, Minnie, I will take care not to run across St. Leonards,’’ he went on, sympathetically. ‘‘You are far too good for that effete member of the British aristocracy, with his maddening drawl. Now for the solu- tion of that telegram—a call upon Hawley, and then——’’ ‘His brow became unclouded, and a joyous light shone in his eyes. ‘And then?’’ questioned Minnie, ‘‘I think I can guess the rest, ’’ GCoOmiIchboo ‘Ss (eo) m