Ther this was jest or earnest, until Miss Royal's laugh relieved his
uncertainty. Katie laid her hand on the speaker's arm and shook it
lightly. "You told me I should be sure to enjoy it," she said. "Now,
what do you mean?" "Ah! but you would be queen," said Harwin, "queen
in
your own right, a divine right of beauty that no one can resist." Katie
looked at him, disposed for a moment to be angry, but her love of
admiration could not resist the worship of his eyes, and the lips
prepared to pout curved into a smile not less bewitching that the
brightness of anger was still in her cheeks. Archdale and Waldo turned
indignant glances on the speaker, but it was manifestly absurd to resent
a speech that pleased the object of it, and that each secretly felt
would not have sounded ill if he had made it hims
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