I could have made you the rage. I could have
made you famous. And now--"
"Now," he said calmly, "you will exert your influence to hinder me in my
work. Because I have not pleased you, you will use whatever power you have
to ruin me. Is that what you mean, Mrs. Taine?"
"You have made your choice. You must take the consequences," she replied
coldly, and turned to leave the studio.
In the doorway, stood the woman with the disfigured face.
Conrad Lagrange stood near.
XLI
Marks of the Beast
When Mrs. Taine would have passed out of the studio, the woman with the
disfigured face said, "Wait madam, I must speak to you."
Aaron King recalled that strange scene at the depot, the day of his
arrival in Fairlands.
"I have nothing to say to you"--returned Mrs. Taine, coldly--"stand aside
please."
But Conrad Lagrange quietly closed the door. "I think, Mrs. Taine," he
remarked dryly, "than you will be interested in what Miss Willard has to
say."
"Oh, very well," returned the other, making the best of the situation.
"Evidently, you heard what I just said to your protege."
The novelist answered, "We did. Accept my compliments madam; you did it
very nicely.
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