In Sight of St. Paul's — page 18: what you’re looking at

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A DANGEROUS BEAUTY. | 13 an actress so long that she had almost lost the power to distinguish between the true and the false. But her voice was very plaintive, with an under- tone of rebuke, as she said: ‘You found plenty of opportunity to talk to that oirl, Aileen Millar.’’ She moved impatiently, and drew her breath with a hissing sound. ‘‘I hate her!”’ Harry flushed. ‘“VYou are unjust!’’ ke declared, passionately and truthfully. ‘‘Aileen is only my cousin.’’ Mrs. Dell laughed, showing her superb teeth, but— it was not a pleasant laugh to hear. “Only your cousin!’’ she repeated, with a sneer she took no pains to conceal, wondering all the while if this sensation she felt could be really jealousy, an emotion of which she had frequently heard, but never before experienced. ‘‘Cousins, my dear boy, are al- ways dangerous. ”’ Harry saw that for some reason the beautiful wo- man, who had become the very sun of his existence, was out of temper, but he was not wise enough, as an older and more experienced man would have been, to draw a flattering deduction from this™ little ebull1- tion. He was silent for a moment, and then he said, in genuine trouble: ‘Haven’t I proved my love ?”’ m GEomicbooks:co