The Craze of Christina — page 211: what you’re looking at

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The Craze of Christina. 207 CHAPTER XVII. Mr. Soruss had not been very far wrong when he had asserted to Docker his conviction that Mark Clifford was fast held in the toils of a siren. For there are other sirens on the face of the earth besides those more notable ones that are of French nationality, and if it is agreed that the commonly accepted definition of the genus is a charming female creature, bent on luring a feeble man to his destruction by the sweetness of her voice and general enticingness, then no- body could better answer to this definition than did the Australian born and bred girl, Christina Greville—alias Christina Pratt. She had produced a marked effect upon Clif- ford from the very first, but the love he had ex- perienced for her during their earlier interviews grew by leaps and bounds after he became en- gaged to her. Chris was not only the most fascinating personality imaginable, she was also the most delightful companion in the world. She was so clever, so original, so versatile both Comichooksico