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Buy some today! but what's the idea of this Crown jewel?" "Think nothing of it," said Dick. "It has to look genuine, doesn't it? And I'm no tightwad. Don't be a piker." "Piker? You call twenty-five thousand — " "All right, skip it ! I'll pay for this myself !" Ben Glassman's brows were puzzled as he watched Dick walk away. Dick Ramsey was chuckling as he walked out on the terrace, tired of the noisy party and the smokeladen air. Hollywood had come to honor him and Jean, but the eyes of the guests were full of challenge ; they were intent on their own high-tension familiarity, their own place in the spotlight of fame. Jean, he saw, through the window, was surrounded by an admiring group. His heart drummed with the pleasure of his secret knowledge : this unbelievable little beauty — this girl with the starry, wine-colored eyes and the crushed poppy mouth belonged to him ! He lighted a cigarette, and stood near the deserted swimming pool. The night was still and lovely. The orange trees swayed in a night wind saline with the ghostly savor of the sea, and the garden, nearby. He looked up, eagerly, as a slim, feminine figure approached, heralded by a fugitive vanguard of costly perfume. In the clear moonlight he recognized her, with a sense of disappointment. The girl was dark, directly, primitively beautiful. Every movement of her shapely limbs was designed to aggravate masculine attention, too quickly, too easily. Her swaying body and reckless eyes started a train of thought. Dick said: "Hello, Ruby! You're looking fine." She laughed easily and sat down with him, her eyes masked. "You're a good-looking brute," she said, lightly. "Haven't seen much of you, since your engagement. What's the gag, Dick?" "No gag, Ruby," he answered,_ easily. "I wondered," she said, "if it was a studio gag. You dropped me like a hot potato. I suppose I belong in an older script?" His expressive face sharpened. He said, still easily: "You flatter me, Ruby. You have so many admirers — " She chuckled, interrupting. "You do these imperturbable parts so beautifully, my talented darling ! It all looks like a gag to me, dear. How long are you supposed to play around with the milk-and-honey angel?" "It's no gag," he said, quietly. "It's real, Ruby." She sat facing the house, and she saw the slim figure of Jean emerge. Banked fires smouldered in Ruby's obsidian eyes. She sidled close to Dick and threw her arms around his neck. Her eyes were suddenly luminous with avid desire, an unchecked rapacity was on her hungry mouth. "In that case, darling," she murmured, "you might kiss me goodbye — " He drew his head away in distaste, but she pulled it down to hers and crushed her lips to his, holding him with a surprising strength. They both heard the slight swish of Jean's dress. She stood, looking at them, wide-eyed. Ruby laughed with the assurance of a woman who is accustomed to dominating situations. "I don't find you amusing as the strong, silent type, Dick," she said, with easy urbanity. "You might introduce me?" Jean said, deliberately : "Is that necessary? I've heard of you — from Dick. You're Ruby Lloyd, aren't you? You're singing at the Swan's Pond." Dick's face was dark with annoyance. Jean continued, without a trace of feeling: "I've heard a lot about you. You're really better-looking than I expected. Superficially, one might think you were really a nice girl." Ruby smiled. "Charmed, I'm sure!" she murmured. "I also feel that I know you — Dick forming a sort of intimate connecting link between us." She turned to Dick with a poised deliberateness : "Your new fiancee need;-, to be housebroken, Dick. One detects the presence of claws. Come and see me, darling, when the milk diet palls. I get so lonesome for you — " He began, furiously, "Ruby ! You should—" "Tut-tut !" she admonished, her eyes greedy and hot, like an angry cat's. "Too bad ladies can't use the same kind of words men do, isn't it? Be seeing you, darling!" She walked away, poised, with an exhibitionist's skill in the handling of dilemma. Jean and Dick watched her go. "I suppose you think, Jean — " he began. "I don't dear," she said, softly. "I watched her, knowing she was an old flame. Dick, how much did she mean to you before — " "Nothing, darling ! I took her out several times, she came to two of my limited house parties, that's all." "You didn't love her? You don't now?" "No ! Don't get any ideas ! She thought that our engagement was all a studio gag." "Isn't it? Some people are bound to think so—" "But, darling! We two know better! I hate this ! You're my wife, why can't we tell?" "Not yet, dear. Why, if we were suddenly known to be married, it would spoil all of Glassman's ballyhoo. We're supposed to stage a love story. People like to think stars are in love with each other, maybe, but married!" "Okay!" he shrugged. "Okay! But I don't like it! If you loved me the way I do you—" "Oh, don't I, my dear?" she whispered, brokenly. "Don't I?" "Come here, Mrs. Ramsey," he said. "Into the shadows!" She was sitting in her lot bungalow, the next day, dreaming, wrapped in happiness and in a perfect peace. In a few minutes, she would go home. Dick, mysteriously, had claimed a business appointment tonight. He had questioned her, obliquely, about the great Travers home. She had seen it. A Mediterranean villa, a show place, with white marble steps leading to the eucalyptuslined terrace. She had been told that except for the Villa D'Este, it was the most beautiful house of its type ever built. In her heart, she knew that Dick meant to buy it for their future home. He had been so devious, and so apparent ! She looked at herself, make-up off, and_ saw a young girl whose eyes were like twin altar lamps, shining with her dreams. The telephone rang. She answered, a slight smile on her lips. 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