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162 SEALED LIPS. have obeyed. Oh, Heaven! shall I have strength to endure this life?” Suddenly the bell on the top of the house rang out in clear, joyous tones, giving her hope. “Come,” said she to herself, “your home awaits you; the lighted hearth calls you. Thus, like a long exiled queen, you return to the places that are so dear to you. Here you will live in peace, free from all odious contact, surrounded by happiness and liberty. Come, and do not be ungrateful to the one who loves you and has given you all these joys, whom your kindness will make live, your hardness kill.” Then, subdued by the all-powerful sentiment of ‘justice in her, Madame Godefroid leaned her face toward her husband and said, in a sweet voice: “To you, my dear, I owe the supreme happiness of my return to this house; without you it would no longer be mine; I shall never forget it, and if God hears my prayers I will be a good, devoted, and faithful wife, one worthy of you.” He pressed her to his heart with such an impulse of tenderness that it made her shiver. An innocent falsehood came to her aid, and freed her. “Come to dinner,” said she. “I am hungry.” They retraced their steps rapidly ; Godefroid feel- ing his wife shiver was uneasy on account of the heavy dew. “Really,” said she, “it is quite damp.” It was not the dampness that made her shiver; COLNE OOO <KS.EOMN