His Other Wife: A Novel — page 135: what you’re looking at

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A MORTAL COMBAT. 127 CHAPTER XII. A MORTAL COMBAT. ‘‘Will you please not touch my work in that way, Mr. Vernois?” It was Faith Hilary who thus gently rebuked the im- pertinence of the elegant, d/ase creole, Julian Vernois, who sat near her, languidly fingering the balls of bright Berlin wool that lay in a pretty basket on her lap. ‘*Certainly, if it annoys you; but how sensitive you must be to mind it.” Mr. Vernois stretched himself lazily back in the /au/seuil that he had placed in such a position as to have his face to Faith and his back to the small company of guests who, with himself, were passing the evening at Lucerne. A sufficient period had elapsed since his first introduction to Miss Hilary for this accomplished man of the world to establish himself on a very easy and sociable footing at the villa. So equally did he divide his attentions between the beautiful mistress of Lucerne and the fair young crea- ture, with whose exquisite sensibilities he was evidently amusing himself at this moment, that he managed to keep himself free of any imputation that could place him - among Miss Hilary's special admirers. GComicbooks: (E(@) 3