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218 SEALED LIPS. only when I send for her. Poor little one! She must not see all the villainous things that precede the most villainous of all.” “Tt shall be as you wish,” said the doctor, as he withdrew. : From thence it was established as a measure uf prudence that Jenny should go into the sick room at certain hours only, and that she should not stay there over a certain time. Godefroid spent one hour preparing for the first visit, with all the coquetry of a lover. Before the young woman’s appearance everything pertaining to medicines were put out of sight, the vials and glasses were carried into an adjoining room, and the room care- fully ventilated. Then he was shaved by his valet, perfumed, brushed, and clothed in spotless linen. Then Godefroid would say: “Ask madam if she will be so good as to come to see me.” Sometimes when she was there he would feel the approach of one of his terrible attacks which oc- curred more frequently now. Forcing himself to smile he would quietly beg her to retire, pretending that he wished to sleep, and the poor woman would obey, feigning belief in what he said, for she knew _ from the doctor that the slghtest contradiction would render the crisis fatal. The moments that Godefroid passed, holding Jenny’s, little hand pressed in his own, were moments of supreme hap- piness to him, although he never said the word love. GOMmIIGDOOks (E(@)