"I wonder why," I said. "I have always been decent to him."
"Nagaski has antipathies," she said quietly. "It is a good thing that we
are not in his own country. There his breed are supposed to have some of
the qualities of seers, and his dislike would be a very ominous thing."
"Are you superstitious?" I asked.
"I am not sure," she answered gravely. "If I were, I should certainly
avoid you. His attitude is a distinct warning."
I drew a little nearer to her. It seemed to me that she was very pale,
and there was trouble in her face.
"Do you think it possible?" I asked, "that I could bring sorrow upon
you?"
"Very possible indeed," she murmured, avoiding my eyes, and looking
steadily across the park.
"Since when have you discovered this?" I asked.
"Within the last hour," she answered.
I laid my hand upon hers. She withdrew it at once. There was a distinct
change in her manner towards me.
"I suppose," she remarked, "that I ought to congratulate you. You are
certainly cleverer than I gave you credit for. You have deceived Mr.
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