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He acknowledged that he was a little fatigued, and turned back at once in obedience to the housekeeper's advice. "Take my arm, sir take my arm on the other side," said Captain Wragge, as they turned to retrace their steps. His party-colored eyes looked significantly at Magdalen while he spoke, and warned her not to stretch Mrs. Lecount's endurance too far at starting.
We dispatched a groom on the spot, and, at Mrs. Lecount's own request, sent all the servants in a body out of the room. "As soon as we were alone, Mrs. Lecount surprised us by a singular question. She asked if you had received a letter which she had addressed to you before leaving England at this house. When we told her that the letter had been forwarded, under cover to your friend Mr.
He looked doubtingly at his visitor; he showed a nervous anxiety to conciliate her until Mrs. Lecount's return. "Pray remember, ma'am, I never denied that this case was a hard one," he began. "You said just now you had no wish to offend me and I'm sure I don't want to offend you. May I offer you some strawberries? Would you like to look at my father's bargains?
He finished his cigar with the mortifying conviction that he was totally unprepared for Mrs. Lecount's next proceeding. In this emergency, his experience warned him that there was one safe course, and one only, which he could take. He resolved to try the confusing effect on the housekeeper of a complete change of tactics before she had time to press her advantage and attack him in the dark.
He produced from his pocketbook Mrs. Lecount's letter to her master, and handed it to Magdalen. "There is the letter that might have ruined us if it had ever reached its address," he said. "Read it carefully. I have a question to ask you when you have done." Magdalen read the letter. "What is this proof," she inquired, "which Mrs. Lecount relies on so confidently!"
Faintly and more faintly the inner voices now pleaded with her to pause on the downward way. The discovery which had poisoned her heart with its first distrust of her sister; the tidings which had followed it of her husband's death; the sting of Mrs. Lecount's triumph, felt through all, had done their work. The remorse which had embittered her married life was deadened now to a dull despair.
Who could think it strange now if she wore her veil down, and if she begged Mrs. Lecount's permission to sit with her back to the light? Her last proceeding was to put on the quiet gray cloak which she had brought from Birmingham, and which had been padded inside by Captain Wragge's own experienced hands, so as to hide the youthful grace and beauty of her back and shoulders.
Lecount's back is turned, I will go to the church here and give the necessary notice of the marriage. The same day or the next, I will travel to the address written down in my pocketbook, pick you up at the admiral's, and take you on to London with me to get the license. With that document in our possession, we shall be on our way back to Aldborough while Mrs.
By that time the captain's ready-made science was exhausted, and the housekeeper's temper was forcing its way to the surface. Once more Captain Wragge warned Magdalen by a look, and, in spite of Noel Vanstone's hospitable protest, wisely rose to say good-night. "I have got my information," remarked the captain on the way back. "Mrs. Lecount's brother lives at Zurich.
Pendril have been searching for me again, and that Norah is in the conspiracy this time, to reclaim me in spite of myself. It is enough for me to know that my letter to my sister has been turned into a trap to catch me, and that Mrs. Lecount's revenge has accomplished its object by means of information received from Norah's lips. "Shall I tell you what I suffered when I heard these things?
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