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I have omitted, however, that I went with Lady Hatherton to call on Mr. and Mrs. Dickens, and was sorry to find him too unwell to be able to see us. Mrs. Dickens, who was busy in attending him, also excused herself, and we saw his sister. To-morrow we go go to quiet, to obscurity, to peace; to Paris to Switzerland: there we shall find the loneliest glen, and, as the Bible says, "fall on sleep."
"MISS VERNON, "The villa Iberia, "Rome, Italy. "November, 1877." To Delrose at Haughton madame, after mailing above, had said: "I have settled Miss Vernon at all events; she will not show up at Christmas. I know she hates the Duke of Hatherton so I told her he is coming, and I don't know as yet whether he is. It takes a woman to outwit a woman."
I could have struck the captain for his jesting tone, and yet at the same time I detected a ring of truth in what he had said. It flashed upon me that I had indeed been blind, and the revelation thrilled my heart. "Miss Hatherton is the promised wife of Griffith Hawke," I answered hoarsely; "and Griffith Hawke is my superior officer. I am acting under his orders, and I dare not betray my trust.
"Miss Hatherton, I beg you to listen to me," he went on, ignoring my demand. "It is for your own good " "Not another word, sir," she interrupted, edging nervously toward me as she spoke. "You shall hear me!" he insisted; and with that he caught her brutally by one arm.
"I know I have drunk in the pleasure their looks of love and warmth of words have given me, not thinking perhaps enough of to what end it might lead, but if I dream here any longer, I shall experience much the same sensation as sleeping Richard at Bosworth Field, while my ghosts of the departed, rise up before me, and while I think pityingly of poor Cyril and many more, let me also remember the deserved cut I gave Sir Edward Hatherton, when he laid his insignificant title, his supreme vanity and egotism, with his mean heart at my feet, while boasting of his broad acres, making too sure he had but to ask, and be accepted with thanks.
Miss Hatherton had by this time put on a dressing-gown and slippers, and seemed to have entirely recovered from her fright. She blushed prettily as she saw me. "You have not killed him. Mr. Carew?" she asked. "I fear not," I replied; "but Captain Rudstone hopes to take him." "It will be a shame if he escapes," cried Madame Ragoul. "Oh, the pig the wicked robber!
"I am sure of it," I asserted. "He is after revenge and Miss Hatherton," the captain went on. "And to my mind, it is a toss up which will make the girl the happier Mackenzie or Hawke." I turned on him fiercely, and I could have struck him with pleasure; he seemed to take a malicious delight in probing my heart wound. "Is this a time to talk of such things?" I cried.
"They will hardly make another attack. All will go well now. Menzies, have you sent for Miss Hatherton?" he added. "Yes, she will soon be here." The dying man lifted his head a little, looking at me with a smile. The doctor poured some strong liquor between his lips, and it instantly brought a brightness to his eyes and a tinge of color to his cheeks.
Grey, looking at his notes, said that there was full evidence to justify issuing a summons against the woman for assaulting the children, and proceeded to ask her name. Then while there was a question whether her Christian name was known, the Colonel again said, "I believe her name to be Maria Hatherton.
He grew more comfortable in a moment, glanced wistfully at the door, and put a cold hand in one of mine. "Denzil, my boy, it is only a question of a few minutes," he said, in a low voice. "I am dying at my post, and without regret. It is better so. I nearly made a mistake, but I saw it in time. I know your secret I suspected it days ago. You love Miss Hatherton "
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