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CHAPTER XXVIII.
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Jasper Adelstone closed the door behind him, and stood looking at them.
His face was very pale, his lips were tightly compressed, and there was that peculiar1 look of decision and resolution which Stella had often remarked.
True it struck her as ominous—a chill, cold and awesome2, ran through her—but she stood and confronted him with a face that, though as pale as his own, showed no sign of fear; her eyes met his own with a haughty3, questioning gaze.
"Mr. Adelstone," she said, in low, clear, indignant tones, "what does this mean?"
Before he could make any reply, Frank stepped between them, and with crimson4 face and flashing eyes confronted him.
"Yes! what does this mean, Mr. Adelstone?" he echoed. "Why have you brought us here—entrapped5 us?"
Jasper Adelstone just glanced at him, then looked at Stella—pale, beautiful and indignant.
"I fear I have offended you," he said, in a low, clear voice, his eyes fixed6 with concentrated watchful7 intentness on her face.
"Offended!" echoed Stella, with mingled8 surprise and anger. "There is no question of offense9, Mr. Adelstone. This—this that you have done is an insult!"
And her face flushed hotly.
He shook his head gravely, and his hands clasped themselves behind his back, where they pecked at each other in his effort to remain calm and self-possessed under her anger and scorn.
"It is not an insult; it was not intended as an insult. Stella——"
"My name is Etheridge, Mr. Adelstone," Stella broke in, calmly and proudly. "Be good enough to address me by my title of courtesy and surname."
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peculiar
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haughty
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crimson
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entrapped
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offense
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shrugged
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bribes
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impatience
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supreme
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attachment
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audacity
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shameful
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slander
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entreaty
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gulf
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