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~ LIVING IN REBELLION. 49 forever—and what would happen when it should be known? The image of his love rose up before the young man’s eyes—of his love, of whom as yet he had caught no glimpse, though she had arrived the evening before, and at that moment the same roof covered them—-and by its side appeared the iron in- flexible countenance of him he had justleft. Now, for the first time, he divined how severe would be the struggle by which he must hope to conquer all that he held dear in life. CHAPTER IV. LIVING IN REBELLION. Some weeks had passed. Baroness Harder and her daughter had made and received the necessary inauguratory visits, and the former lady had ob- served with much satisfaction the request and deference every where shown them on the governor’s account. Still better pleased was she to discover that her brother-in-law really required nothing further from her than to play the hostess and dis- pense the hospitalities of the castle; no troublesome or unpalatable duties were imposed on her, as she at first had feared might be the case. Socially and. ostensibly, she represented the mistress of the house, of which, in reality, she was but the guest. Some women might have felt the position in which she was thus placed a humiliating one, but a desire for, domination was as foreign to the baroness’ mind as asense of duties to be fulfilled. She was too superficial to understand either of these great motive-powers. Affairs were shaping themselves in afar more satisfactory manner than, after the catastrophe which followed her husband's death, she had had a right to expect. She was living with her daughter in the midst of luxury; the baron had -assigned to her a sum by no means inconsiderable for her personal expenses; Gabrielle was his ac- knowledged heiress. Taking all this into con- GComicbooks (E(0)