Stella Rosevelt — page 181: what you’re looking at

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EXPLANATIONS. “176 had been used by those who should have given me only sym- pathy and love; but she—the girl whom you have come to win for your wife—s/o/e it from me, my one little treasure, the only ornament I had which I could wear in my humble position, and which I prized more than anything else in the world. But let her keep it; I relinquish it freely, now that I have dis- covered the baseness of the giver. My Lord Carrol, of Carrol- ton, alias Archibald Sherbrooke, the artist, I despise you, and I bid you farewell !” She was gone before he could hardly realize that she had ceased speaking ; she had sped down the avenue with the light- ness and swiftness of a fawn, leaving him dazed, bewildered, almost paralyzed from the wild words, the terrible denunciations which she had uttered. CHAPTER XVIII. EXPLANATIONS. ‘Star! Star! my dear love, come back and let me undeceive you,” he called aloud, as soon as he could recover his senses sufficiently to speak. But there was no answering sound, save the sad sighing of the rustling leaves which had so unnerved the unhappy girl a few minutes before. sf ee He followed the direction she had taker: He wandered about the grounds for full half an hour, but could discover no trace of her; and at last, feeling greatly disturbed, he was ob- liged to retrace his steps, and returned to the mansion. He had strolled forth at the close of dinner to smoke, and Gomicbooks (EO) =)