The villain selected was the usual poverty-
stricken foreigner with a title and a passion for wealth, which a
closer study of his heroine showed Harley that Miss Andrews
possessed; for on her way home from the pier she took Mrs. Willard to
the Amsterdam and treated her to a luncheon which nothing short of a
ten-dollar bill would pay for, after which the two went shopping,
replenishing Miss Andrews's wardrobe--most of which lay snugly stored
in the hold of the New York, and momentarily getting farther and
farther away from its fair owner--in the course of which tour Miss
Andrews expended a sum which, had Harley possessed it, would have
made it unnecessary for him to write the book he had in mind at all.
"It's good she's rich," sighed Harley. "That will make it all the
easier to have her go to Newport and attract the Count."
At the moment that Harley spoke these words to himself Mrs. Willard
and Marguerite, accompanied by Mr. Willard, entered the mansion of
the latter on Fifth Avenue. They had spent the afternoon and evening
at the Andrews apartment, arranging for its closing until the return
of Mrs.
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