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Updated: June 3, 2025
"Of course, if Miss Rostrevor is afraid of me, or if you are afraid I shall take her from you and desire to cancel your invitation on that account, I " "There isn't any question of that, Don Carlos," Tony interrupted in turn. "At least, I er I don't think Myra is afraid of you. I fancy she has merely misunderstood your intentions."
I told Don Carlos I am willing to pay you ten thousand pounds that's something like a million pesetas in your money to set Miss Rostrevor and me free. Think of it, man a million, and " "You have not answered my question, Señor Standish," interrupted Cojuelo curtly.
If Miss Rostrevor has told you I have been making love to her, I cannot deny the accusation without casting doubt on the word of the most charming and beautiful girl in the world. Yet if I admit that Miss Rostrevor is justified in her accusation, you may decide I have been acting dishonourably, and I shall lose your friendship. Condenacion! Was ever man placed in such an awkward position!"
What's the idea now?" he asked quickly. "Why have you brought Miss Rostrevor here?" "The señorita wishes to assure herself that what she has been told by Don Carlos de Ruiz is correct," explained El Diablo Cojuelo, in his disguised and muffled voice.
"Unfortunately the messages summoning the police and the military, and reporting that the beautiful Señorita Rostrevor and Don Carlos de Ruiz have been kidnapped, do not appear to have been delivered. Possibly the servants of Don Carlos, sent to summon aid, were intercepted by the followers of El Diablo Cojuelo."
"Come in," she called faintly, after a pause, as the knock was repeated. The door opened, and Don Carlos entered. He was pale, but his dark eyes were shining with happiness. "Myra, darling," he said huskily, and stopped, overcome by emotion. He held out his arms.... Deep was calling unto deep. Love was calling. And Myra Rostrevor answered the call.
Standish?" "Concerning your outrageous conduct, sir," blurted out Tony, trying to look fierce, but succeeding only in looking hot and embarrassed. "Concerning Myra Miss Rostrevor. She tells me you have persistently been attempting to make love to her ever since you first met her, and have even gone so far as to ask her to throw me over and elope with you! What the deuce do you mean by it, sir?
Standish demanded that his own safety be guaranteed, and it was not until I sardonically suggested he was more concerned about himself than about his fiancée, and was probably content to leave the beautiful Señorita Rostrevor to the tender mercies of El Diablo Cojuelo rather than endure any personal hardship, that I persuaded him to accompany me."
"Look here, you will certainly make matters worse if you dare to insinuate that Myra was not telling the truth," exclaimed Standish hotly. "I quite appreciate that, my dear Mr. Standish, and I realise, also, that Miss Rostrevor would be justified in hating me if I dared to cast doubt on her assertions," said Don Carlos more gravely than ever, with a sigh and a shrug.
I fervently trust, Miss Rostrevor, that I shall have the pleasure of meeting you often." "Thank you," said Myra, greatly interested. "I thought brigands were a thing of the past, and what you have told me makes me long to visit Spain. It would be tremendously thrilling to be captured and held to ransom by a Spanish brigand."
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