In Sight of St. Paul's — page 213: what you’re looking at

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208 THE PANTHER’S BIRTHDAY. and resolved never to yield. ‘‘Keep away from me! Don’t dare to touch me!’ Maddened by this resistance, the Panther darted toward her, with eyes aflame. _ Scarce knowing what she did, but with the in- stinct of self-preservation strong upon her, Aileen snatched a dagger from among the presents displayed on the table near her. “(Stand back!’’ she cried. The tableau was a vivid one. The young girl with the knife poised threateningly in her hand, and the woman, magnificent in her brocades and jewels cowering before her. About them a murmur of voices rose and fell. But still the girl stood there on the defensive, and the Panther faced her, half intimidated, half furious. Eomicbooks m (E(0)