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232 SHOULD SHE HAVE LEFT HIM? our interview, then I will carry the commission | have received toa lawyer. I had hoped for the sake of two families—the Waldemars and the Courtenays —that my mission would be received with courtesy, and thus trouble and scandal would be avoided. You shall choose.” | This was summary proceeding, and Trescotte rose, hat in hand, and assumed an attitude of wait- ing. The elder Waldemar was as politic as he was arro gant. He smiled as he said: “You are a diplomat, sir. Resume your seat and let: me know what the young Mrs. Waldem#* demands. But first let me ask if there is not a po sibility that her charges against her husband may b @ disputed.” ‘‘An hour devoted to inquiry, Mr. Waldemar | would assure you of the relations existing betweer your son and the woman known as La Hoyle. Witt the facts in my possession and the proof which Cc will submit, you can assure yourself that the rela— tion has existed so long that it antedates your son's marriage by a year; that when Hermann went to Germany on his wedding journey La Hoyle followed him, and during the whole of that trip he did not lose sight of her.” The old banker was shocked. “Enough!” he cried; “if this be true there is no defense for him. That was bad; the wedding Jour- ney, that was bad.” The inference seemed to be that in the mind of CONnIICOO @ cS (GO)