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Those people will not risk their money for your handsome eyes, my dear! And they know their business, don't they, Logotheti? He answered by speaking directly to Margaret. 'I think, he said quietly, 'that you can have confidence in Madame Bonanni's opinion.
She now stepped out of the car, came up to the two men and laid her hands on the object of contention. Logotheti let go instantly, but Lushington did not. 'This is ridiculous, said Margaret. 'Give it to me! Lushington had no choice, and besides, he needed his right hand for his nose, which was getting the better of him again.
Besides we have no parents and we are not children. You may think me hasty, but you cannot possibly be offended. 'I'm not, but I think you are quite mad unless you are joking. 'Mad, because I love you? asked Logotheti, lowering his voice and looking at her. 'But how is it possible? We hardly know each other! Margaret was beginning to feel uncomfortable.
For the recollection of the Elisir d'Amore awoke and began to rankle again just then. Logotheti did not press her for an answer, but watched her cautiously while her eyes were turned away from him. At that moment he felt like a tamer who had just succeeded in making a tiger give its paw for the first time, and has not the smallest idea whether the creature will do it again or bite off his head.
Rushmore's gate to the stage entrance of the Opéra in something like thirty minutes without the slightest strain, and could have covered the distance in much less time if necessary. Logotheti found Schreiermeyer sitting alone in the dusk, in the stalls.
On this particular evening Logotheti dined at home alone, chiefly on a very simple Greek pilaff, Turkish preserved rose leaves and cream cheese, which might strike a Parisian as strange fare, unless he were a gourmet of the very highest order.
The Countess Leven looked at him critically. 'You could pass for one, she said, 'but Monsieur Logotheti couldn't. The other men, whom Margaret did not know, had been listening in silence, and maintained their expectant attitude.
The Primadonna had already finished hers, and watched him thoughtfully. 'I'm not likely to see him, she said. 'At least, I hope not! 'My interest in Mr. Feist, answered Logotheti, 'begins and ends with what concerns you. Beyond that I don't care a straw what happens to Mr. Van Torp, or to any one else.
It certainly did not occur to Logotheti that he had tried to do Margaret Donne out of four thousand pounds; he would have been only too delighted to give her ten times the sum if she would have accepted it, and so far as profit went the whole transaction was for her benefit, and he might lose heavily by it.
I sent for Dervish, but for some time he was not to be found; at last he entered just as Signor Logotheti, father to the ci-devant Anglo-consul of Athens, and some other of my Greek acquaintances, paid me a visit. Dervish took the money, but on a sudden dashed it on the ground; and clasping his hands, which he raised to his forehead, rushed out of the room weeping bitterly.
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