"
There was interest, even a touch of amusement, in her tone,
her eyes were still fixed upon his in an indefinable glance.
"You think you are being very diplomatic," she went on,
quietly, "but in reality you are being very transparent. The
woman reads the whole of your meaning in your very first
sentence--if she hasn't known it before you began to speak."
Again Loder made an interruption, but again she checked him.
"No," she said, still smiling. "You should never attempt such
a task. Shall I tell you why?"
He stood silent, puzzled and interested.
"Because," she said, quickly, "when a woman really is
--interested, the man's career ranks infinitely higher in her
eyes than any personal desire for power."
For a moment their eyes met, then abruptly Loder looked away.
She had gauged his intentions incorrectly, yet with
disconcerting insight. Again the suggestion of an unusual
personality below the serenity of her manner recurred to his
imagination.
With an impulse altogether foreign to him he lifted his head
and again met her glance.
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