However,
now that you are here, and the subject broached, it becomes my turn to
say something, and to say it clearly. It seems to me you would exhibit
far better taste and discrimination if from now on you would cease
forcing your attentions upon Miss Gillis."
Brant leaped to his feet, but the other never deigned to alter his
position.
"Forcing my attentions!" exclaimed the officer. "God's mercy, man! do
you realize what you are saying? I have forced no attentions upon Miss
Gillis."
"My reference was rather to future possibilities. Young blood is
proverbially hot, and I thought it wise to warn you in time."
Brant stared into that imperturbable face, and somehow the very sight
of its calm, inflexible resolve served to clear his own brain. He felt
that this cool, self-controlled man was speaking with authority.
"Wait just a moment," he said, at last. "I wish this made perfectly
clear, and for all time. I met Miss Gillis first through pure
accident. She impressed me strongly then, and I confess I have since
grown more deeply interested in her personality. I have reasons to
suppose my presence not altogether distasteful to her, and she has
certainly shown that she reposed confidence in me.
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