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AUTHOR OF ALIAS THE LONE WOLF, THE DARK MIRROR, Etc.
ILLUSTRATED WITH SCENES FROM THE PHOTOPLAY A COLUMBIA PRODUCTION
Published by Arrangement with E. P. Dutton & Company
Copyright, 1923 By INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE CO. (_COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE_)
_All rights reserved, including the rights of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian_
First printing, August, 1923 Second printing, August, 1923 Third printing, August, 1923 Fourth printing, August, 1923 Fifth printing, August, 1923 Sixth printing, August, 1923 Seventh printing, October, 1923 Eighth printing, October, 1923 Ninth printing, December, 1923
To FRANK EDWIN VERNEY because he asked for more and because there won't be any more
NOTE--This is the fifth, and in the intention of the author the last, of the Lone Wolf stories. Although in strict sense a sequel it is, like "The Lone Wolf," "The False Faces," "Red Masquerade," and "Alias the Lone Wolf," entirely self-contained and able to stand on its own plot.
[Illustration: BILLIE DOVE AS EVE DE MONTALAIS AND BERT LYTELL AS THE LONE WOLF.]
He spoke in French; and that simple phrase, covered by the surging song of strings and woodwinds, was inaudible to other ears. Only the woman with him heard and, hearing, roused from the reverie into which she too insensibly had lapsed, turning back from the prismatic pageantry of the dance eyes whose grave regard gave never a clue to the emotions his words inspired.
Making no more acknowledgment than this, she studied him intently but kindly, touched by the wistfulness that shadowed the demeanour of unpretending dignity which she had learned to like best of all the many phases of the man their friendship had revealed.
The severity of evening dress in line and lack of colour became him well, setting off the lean, sculptured contours of his face, giving value to its even warmth of tone. Traces of silver at his temples hinted at that history, not too happy, with which she was in part acquainted. The strength with which his mouth was modelled affected her, as always, with a faint, strangely pleasant thrill of alarm, the dark, clear eyes, at once deferential and demanding, held her in a spell she had no wish to break.