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 know?" He could not but read the defiance in the girl's pose.

"I will tell you nothing but good-by."

"No, by gad—you won't! I can be stubborn, too. You shan't sail on the Saxonia in the morning. Understand?"

"Oh, shan't I? Who will dare stop me?"

"I will, Miss Gerson. I have plenty of right—and the power, too."

"I'll ask you to tell that to my consul—on the dock at five to-morrow morning. Until then. General Crandall, au revoir."

The door of the guest room shut with a spiteful slam upon the master of Gibraltar, leaving him to nurse a grievance on the knees of wrath.