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80 BLACK SHEEP."What a temper you have! You'd be ratherhard to please,Ifancy, if one were in any sensebound to try.""Don't jest with me," said Routh, suddenlyand sternly,and he rolled his chair" deliberatelynear her as he spoke. You did not allow me,you did not invite me to come here to-night;you did not do this, yvhich seems so ' simple' toyou,because you are as much braver than everyother woman, as you are more beautiful," — helooked into her dark eyes, and their lids did notdroop, — " only to jest with me, only to trifle yvithme, as you trifle yvith others. You are a wonderfullypuzzling woman,Iacknowledge; noyvoman ever so puzzled me before. Each timeIsee you, there is something different, somethingnew in your manner, and eachtime it is asthoughIhad to begin all over again; as ifIhad not told you thatIlove you, as if you hadnot listened and confessed that you knoyv it.AVhy haveyou sent for me? You dismissed meyesterday with something yvhich you tried tomake look and sound like — anger ineffectually,for you yvere not angry.AnclI yvas prepared