Should She Have Left Him? — page 112: what you’re looking at

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106 SHOULD SHE HAVE LEFT HIM? nay very graciously, “that last April my eldest daughter married Mr. Henry Trescotte?” “Yes,” Mrs. Adams replied readily, “I knew of it at the time. Surely,” she suddenly asked, “ Mr. Trescotte did not fail to acquaint you at the time of the other marriage?” “Mr. Trescotte,”’ said Mrs. Courtenay severely, impelled by a stern sense of justice, “informed my husband and my daughter before the engagement, and produced documents signed by you, Mr. Adams, your father, and mother, to the end that there was a previous marriage of yourself, but claiming it to be invalid.” The younger woman, with heightened color, arose, threw open a window, and handing a fan to the older one, returned to her seat, saying: “It is only what I would expect of so honorable a gentleman as Mr. Trescotte.”’ Mrs. Courtenay inferred from this remark that Mr. Trescotte was not regarded with enmity by Mrs. Adams, but rather held in respect. She hesi- tated to think what bearing this might have upon her intended proposition. Arriving at no conclu- sion she went on: | “May I ask—I do not mean to give offense— when did you last see Mr. Adams?” Mrs. Adams, quickly suppressing the start the abrupt question caused, the color on her cheeks deepening, answered: “A year ago, nearly; Mr. Adams has been on the Pacific Coast on professional business.” Then Comicboolkks C@ Ss