"Do they? One, I believe, asked to have me introduced to her!"
"True, señor. I wished to meet you that you might fall in love with me, and that the ladies of San Luis might have their vengeance."
He stared at her.
"Truly, señorita, but you do not hide your cards. And why, then, should
I fall in love with you?"
"Because I am different from the women of Monterey."
"A good reason why I should not. I have been in every town in
California, and I admire no women but those of my city."
"And because you will hate me first."
"And if I hate you, how can I love you?"
"It is the same. You hate one woman and love another. Each is the same passion, only to a different person out goes a different side. Let the person loved or hated change his nature, and the passion will change."
He looked at her with more interest.