In Sight of St. Paul's — page 214: what you’re looking at

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WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN. 209 CHAPTER XIV. WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN. But, even when the game was in her own hands, Aileen flung away the knife with a shudder. ‘‘Oh, no, no, no!’’ she cried, with a sudden revul- sion of feeling. ‘‘I didn’t mean that, but you drove me, you forced me to it. I’m sorry, very sorry. Now,’’ moving toward the door, ‘‘let me leave this place!”’ But the Panther sprang before her, barring her exit. She had no intention of allowing her victim to escape so easily. | ‘‘Oh, dear, no!’’? she exclaimed, her lips curled in a cynical smile. ‘“Why not ?”? demanded Aileen, indignantly, now thoroughly recovered from her first alarm, and deter- mined to fight the matter out to the bitter end, even though the chances were against her fifty to one. ‘Why do you dare detain me? Let me go!?’ ‘No!’ replied the Panther, with arms outstretched to bar any egress. ‘ “You must!’’ Cynthia burst into satirical laughter. She was the mistress of the situation, and she knew it. (E(o) Gomicbooks Nn.