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Richardson, if the former was busy, and fondly imagined that everything was all right; never suspecting the mischief as she would be likely to regard it that was being brewed by that artful little god of love Cupid. Doctor Norton finally gave his consent to having Violet removed, and on the same day, when Mrs. Mencke paid her usual visit, she was told that to-morrow she would be taken home.
Wilhelm Mencke, having by this time begun to recover somewhat from the shock of Wallace's unexpected appearance, commenced to bluster: "Look here, you young upstart," he cried, growing very red in the face, and assuming a threatening attitude, "all these charges and accusations may or may not be true we won't discuss that point just now; but whether it is or not, it can be no possible concern of yours.
Mencke, having given certain directions regarding the care of her sister, returned to her home on Auburn avenue. She came every day afterward, however, to ascertain how Violet was progressing, and though for a week her fever ran very high, and the doctor considered her alarmingly ill, yet at the end of that time she began slowly but surely to mend.
It was during the London season, and he and his mother had run across them at a brilliant reception a circumstance that surprised him somewhat, as he did not suppose they would go into society so soon after the death of their sister. The meeting had occurred in this way. After making an extended tour of the Alps, Mr. and Mrs. Mencke had returned to London, to meet Mrs.
Mencke nor his wife acknowledged the introduction otherwise than by bestowing a malignant look upon him, and this slight aroused all Violet's spirit to arms. "Friend!" repeated Mr. Mencke; "one would naturally judge from the touching scene just enacted that the young man sustained a much nearer relation to you."
Mencke, with a slightly curling lip; "I wish Violet to have the best of care. Are you sure it will not do to have her taken home?" she concluded, with an anxious glance toward the room, where she had caught a glimpse of the other patient as she entered. "Very sure, madame," returned the physician, decidedly. "I would not be answerable for the consequences if she were removed.
She was so weary of it all. "No, I will not promise anything now; but I will see him I will tell him the whole truth, and then " "Well?" was the almost breathless query, as Violet faltered and her lips grew white. "Then he shall decide for me," she said, in a low tone. Mrs. Mencke arose delighted, for she felt that her point was gained.
Violet questioned, with curling lips. "He only can answer that question himself," responded Mrs. Mencke, with a sudden heart-bound, as she thought she saw signs of yielding in her sister. "Oh, Violet, do not throw away such a chance. What are you going to do in the future? How do you expect to spend the rest of your life if you refuse to marry at all?"
Mencke responded, in a conciliatory tone. "I am glad that you have decided in favor of the European trip, and I want you to go away feeling kindly toward me. Will you come home with me now?" "Not to-night; I have promised Nellie that I would spend it with her; but you may send for me early tomorrow, for I suppose we shall have to be rather busy during the next three weeks."
Mencke, pretending to be entirely out of patience with her. She meant to carry things with a high hand now. She saw that there had been a momentary yielding upon Violet's part, though there was some doubt as to just what she had intended to do, and she was determined to make it count if she could do so by any means, legitimate or otherwise.
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