Felix s Boss Gets a Tough Break from the Circus.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 196, 20 August 1938, Page 13 (Supplement)

Felix s Boss Gets a Tough Break from the Circus.

The lato An gust sunMght ahon* on the downs, on the sea, through a succession of days that -went swiftly past from the day of Keith's arrival until the time of Gilbert's return grew near. In the sunshine, in the dear light air, Felicia, Keith and Denis© spent their days together, as though unwilling to leave one another's eight. In the long evenings, when the moon rose and shone over the garden, ova* the terrace where they sat until v«ty late, they talked together of inconsequential things—while a kind of bewilderment grew on the old faces of Michael and Sara Rendale, watching them. Through the sunlit days, the moonlit evenings, Felicia walked proudly, her redgold head high as ever. She would not hurry him, not now or ever. He must put an end to this comedie a trois, in his own fashion. But if he chose not? Asking herself that, she sometimes sTiivered in the warm sunshine. On his first evening with them, they had some minutes alone in the garden after dinner. Keith said: "Well, Felicia, will you divorce Eustace and marry me?" The same question ne had asked in Virginia in the springtime. Had his voice sounded more eager then? She could not remember. All the things that had happened since intervened between her ana remembrance. "Probably, Keith. Let's talk of it again, whett we've got used to each other's company—after so long without." Then, surprisingly, Denise came out into the garden—as if she were looking for them! Yet surely she must know that they wanted to be alone. She settled herself on a garden bench, her shoulders gleaming white above that black lace dress. Felicia thought: "She's grown very seduetive, Denise has." Then she noticed Keith's face. So did he not smile at herself! 'That was the first time she shivered a little, there in the warm dark. I (To be continued.)