The Colonel of the Red Huzzars by John Reed Scott
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It was a woman's face that looked at me from the page; and, though it
was six years since I had seen it last, I recognized it instantly. There was, however, a certain coldness in the eyes and a firm set of the lip and jaw that were new to me. But, as I looked, they seemed to soften, and I could have sworn that for an instant the Princess Dehra of Valeria smiled at me most sweetly--even as once she herself had done. "You seem uncommonly well pleased with the lady," Courtney observed. I handed back the News. "You have not answered my question," he insisted. "Look here, Courtney," I said, "it seems to me you are infernally inquisitive to-night." "Maybe I am--only, I wanted to know something," and he laughed softly. "Well?" "I think I know it now," he said. "Do you?" I retorted. "Want to make a bet?" he asked. "I never bet on a certainty," said I. Courtney laughed. "Neither do I, so here's the wager:--a dinner for twenty that you and I are in Valeria thirty days from to-night and have |
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