She rejected that instantly, so confident had beauty and position as a prospective heiress made her as to her powers over any man she chose to try to fascinate, so secure was she in the belief that Ross loved her and would not give her up in any circumstances.

She went over their interview, recalled his every sentence and look--this with surprising coolness for a young woman as deeply in love as she fancied herself.

And her anger rose against him--a curious kind of anger, to spring and flourish in a loving heart.

"He has been flattered by Theresa until he has entirely lost his point of view," she decided.

"I'll give him a lesson when he comes trying to make it up." * * * * * He drove the part of his homeward way that was through streets with his wonted attention to "smartness." True "man of the world," he never for many consecutive minutes had himself out of his mind--how he was conducting himself, what people thought of him, what impression he had made or was making or was about to make.