Stella Rosevelt — page 333: what you’re looking at

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MUTUAL EXPLANATIONS. a7 down; then, taking another near him, he related in substance what he had already told Mr. Richards regarding his relations with Star, the erroneous conclusions she had jumped at upon learning of his title, her refusal to allow him to explain his position to her, and her flight on the morning after her painful discovery. Ralph Meredith found it hard to conceal the bitterness which he experienced, as he realized how gladly Star would give her- self to her manly lover when she learned of his fidelity. His heart was still sore over his recent disappointment, but his nature was too noble, he was too generous in his love for her, to wish to place a single obstacle in the way of her happiness, or of the man whom he now deemed worthy of her in every respect. He gave Lord Carrol a history of Star’s life during the last year, telling him of her success as a young authoress, and of the happy change in her worldly circumstances as the acknowl- edged ward and heiress of Jacob Rosevelt, the millionaire. He spoke also of the admiration which her grace and beauty had excited during the past season at Newport. ‘‘T am glad,” Archibald Sherbrooke said, earnestly, and his lip trembled as he spoke, ‘‘that her life has been made so much brighter during the past year, and I shall always be grate- ful to Mr. Rosevelt for his kindness; and yet I am almost selfish enough to wish that Z could have been the one to raise her to a more congenial sphere. I shall go to the United States at once. I must seek her and set myself right with her as soon as possible. Will you be so good as to give me Mr. Rosevelt’s address?” ‘‘With pleasure,” Ralph responded; ‘‘ but you will not find them in New York just at present, for they, with my sister— who is a very intimate friend of Miss Gladstone’s—are traveling in the far West, and will not return under three or four months.” (ONMNIEl OOO KS (€(0)