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- town house for you but must have

your immediate approval. Calkins.

"Take me with you, Josiah - please

don't leave me here alone. "

"Nonsense - you can't leave -

you are in the pageant. "

"I'll return for you - just as

soon as our love nest is ready. "

Theodora has succeeded in avoiding Hector

up to the very hour of the pageant -

- and Hector is in a frame

of mind to seize any -

- opportunity to get a

moment with her alone.

"I'd chuck this pageant rot -

dressing up and all that -

- except for the prospect of holding the

alluring Theodora in my arms. "

THE BEACHLEIGH PAGEAN WHIT MONDAY 1921

"The romantic drama of how the gallant

Sir Claude Lovelace, disguised as a -

- highwayman, held up the York

Coach, defied her father and -

- fled with the lovely Lady Marjory

Wildacre to Gretna Green!"

"I do love you, Hector - love you so

much that I dare not trust myself. "

"Then why struggle - why suffer more?

Let me take you away - tonight. "

"No, no - I could never live under the

shadow of my broken word. "

"This only proves that we are

not stronger than our love. "

"Hector, you must go away. "

After Hector's departure for London,

Theodora decides between love and duty.

The Lord Bracondale 102 St.

James's Square London SW1Y.

Josiah Brown Esq. Claridge's

Hotel Brook Street London W1K.

Next morning in London when

the second post arrives -

The Lord Bracondale 102 St.

James's Square London SW1Y.

. STATION HARLOW. TELEGRAMS,

BEACHLEIGH ESSEX.

Dear Josiah, Expect me -

Dear Josiah, Expect me in London Thursday.

I have decided -

- not to wait for your return.

Affectionately, Theodora.

Josiah Brown Esq. Claridge's

Hotel Brook Street London W1K.

Hector, my beloved! - oh! For this

last time I must think of you as that!

My marriage was a bargain over which

I gave my word, and no happiness -

- would ever come to us

if I should break it.

- And oh! Hector.

I love you! I love you! And we must

say forever a farewell! Theodora.

"I could kill you, you thief -

you have stolen my wife!"

"We have said good-bye, and I am

leaving England for a long time. "

"My everlasting grief will

be that I have brought -

- sorrow into the life of one

who is dear to us both. "

Claridge's Hotel - Brook Street

Dear Theodora, -

- I am leaving tonight with

Sir Lionel Grey on his -

- expedition into Northern Africa.

We have only time -

- to catch the steamer so I

cannot wait to say good-bye.

While I'm away, I want

you to enjoy yourself my child -

- and you must not

worry about me. Josiah.

"What made him change his mind

and go on this dangerous trip?"

"Then he knows that you

and I - love each other?"

"Oh, Hector, he means to sacrifice

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