In Sight of St. Paul's — page 31: what you’re looking at

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— 86 A DANGEROUS BEAUTY. -guor vanished, and her eyes flashed fire, as she turned savagely upon him: “Vou dare!’’? she hissed, between her clinched teeth. ‘Anything to save my brother,’’ replied Tom, calmly and incisively. ‘‘And in his interests, I must ask you not to see him again after to-night.”’ The Panther’s temper was roused, and in her anger she tore the feathers recklessly from her fan. She was not accustomed to be dictated to. “Stop! stop!’ she cried, warningly. But Tom had gone too far to retreat now, even if he had had any desire to do so. ‘If you promise me this,’’ he said, ‘tyes, I will stop. If not, I must continue.’’ _‘*What do you mean ?’’ exclaimed Cynthia, a pre- monition of approaching evil thrilling her for an in- stant, but, almost immediately, she threw back her haughty head, and continued, defiantly: ‘‘Why should I? No! Ill not promise!’’ “Iam = sorry,’’ returned Tom, simply, ‘‘for I wished to spare you.”’ For all response, Cynthia turned her back upon him with a disdainful shrug. But Tom advanced a step or two and spoke over her shoulder, in the same quiet, but resolute tone he had used since the beginning of the interview. ‘Some months ago, you first met my brother, and “S (E(@) m comicboo