Hamilton looked at the Blue Domino.
"Madame, will you do me the honor to raise your mask?"
[Illustration: "Madame, will you do me the honor to raise your mask?">[
She did so; and I saw Hamilton draw in his breath. Her beauty was certainly of an exquisite pattern. He frowned anxiously.
"I never saw this young woman before," he admitted slowly.
"Ha!" cried the chief, glad to find some one culpable.
"Did you receive your invitation through the proper channels?" asked Hamilton.
"I came here to-night,"—coldly, "on the invitation of Mrs. Hyphen-Bonds, who sailed for Europe Wednesday."