The Bad Man
The Bad Man
A Novel
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iod of time. His impulsiveness, his
assurance, his faith in himself and his power to win her, swept her
temporarily off her feet. At their second meeting he asked her to become
his wife. Why not? She would never love anyone; but she could not go to the
altar with him unless she told him the truth. She did not love him. Was he
willing to take her, knowing this?
He was. Love meant little to him--though he did not say so. He was just wise enough to keep that secret within himself.
"I'll make you love me," he told her, with all the ardor he could put into his voice. Few women can withstand that age-old phrase.
There followed a time of utter disillusion for her. The great house on the Avenue proved to be but four bleak walls; and when the villa on Long Island was built, she tried to be as enthusiastic as Morgan wanted her to be. He lavished gifts upon her. He brought out gay house-parties for weekends. Lucia did her best to keep her part of a bad bargain. She made herself lovely, and Pell was proud of her
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