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Updated: May 26, 2025
Under his breath he cursed the impulse that had urged him to decline to attend the ball at the British embassy. There he would have met her as his own true self, a soldier, a polished gentleman of the world, of learning and breeding. Nancy would have brought them together, calls would have been exchanged, and he would have defied Karloff.
The Girl: I do not think you are treating me fairly. The Woman: At this moment I would willingly share with you half of all I possess in the world. The Girl: But all this mystery! The Woman: As I have said, some day you will understand. Treat Karloff as you have always treated him, politely and pleasantly. And I beg of you never to repeat our conversation.
If he could have got rid of the idea of Karloff and the possibilities which his name suggested, all this would have appealed to him as exceedingly funny. "Forward, then!" and she touched Jane's flank with her crop. The weather was perfect for riding: no sun, a keen breeze from the northwest, and a dust-settled road.
Then Karloff resolutely proceeded; the portiere fell behind him. Shortly after she heard the sound of closing doors, the rattle of a carriage, and then all became still. Thus the handsome barbarian passed from the scene. The colonel resumed his chair, his arm propped on a knee and his head bowed in his hand.
The heart of the little clock on the mantel beat tick-tock, tick-tock; a log crackled and fell between the irons, sending up a shower of evanescent sparks; one of the long windows giving out upon the veranda creaked mysteriously. Karloff was first to break the spell. He made a gesture which was eloquent of his distaste of the situation. "Let us terminate this as quickly as possible," he said.
"It is not explanatory; it can be given only one name instinct, which in women and animals is more fully developed than in man. Besides, at that time you had not learned all about Colonel Annesley, whose guests we are to be this evening. Whoever would have imagined a Karloff accepting the hospitalities of an Annesley? Count, hath not thy rose a canker?" "Madam!" Karloff was frowning.
Had he known that she was to be in Washington for the winter? What irony, if fate should make him the groom and Karloff the bridegroom! If Karloff loved her, he could press his suit frankly and openly. And, as matters stood, what chance on earth had he, Warburton? "Chuck was right; I've made a mistake, and I am beginning to regret it the very first morning."
The two men turned about. Annesley had fainted in his chair. Both Warburton and Karloff mechanically started forward to offer aid, but she repelled their approach. "Do not come near me; you have done enough. Father, dear!" She slapped the colonel's wrists and unloosed his collar. The antagonists, forgetting their own battle, stood silently watching hers.
He would not, could not, suffer total defeat before this girl's eyes; his blood rebelled against the thought. He expected the groom to strike him, but James simply caught him by the arms and thrust him back. "No, Count; no, no; they shall burn to the veriest crisp!" "Stand aside, lackey!" cried Karloff, a sob of rage strangling him. Again he rushed upon Warburton, his clenched hand uplifted.
In the heat of their variant passions, the men's voices had risen to a pitch that penetrated beyond the room. Karloff was first to recover, and he took an involuntary step toward her; but she waved him back disdainfully. "Do not come near me. I loathe you!" The voice was low, but every note was strained and unmusical. He winced.
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