The Vestibule Limited Mystery — page 129: what you’re looking at

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20 THE VESTIBULE LIMITED MYSTERY. appease his hunger, for he will need all his sipeueth to carry him through. Luckily the Englishman seems to recognize this fact. At length the time arrives; operations are opened on the enemy’s works. “Tell me, what have you been doing since I parted from you in Natal,” says Robert. His friend turns red in the face—he is a little ashamed to confess his faults in the presence of Therese; but he has promised, and like a true Briton, does not go back on his word.. “T’ve been at home a good part of the time, and unfortunately got mixed up in an affair that has caused my family no end of worry. To tell you the truth, old fellow, I fell head over ears in love with a pretty face, became fascinated, and married the girl!” Robert looks uneasy, as this strikes him in a tender spot; but he laughs it off. | “Well, your news is surprising, Arthur. So, you are a Benedict?” he says. “Unfortunately, yes, but I have reason to believe the courts will soon annul the marriage and set me free,” replies Trevellion. “Ah! then the lady did not turn out all that your fancy painted her.” | “She proved to be a beautiful-adventuress. I have documents with me relating a dozen episodes of her life, taken from the papers, and also a very good picture of her as she appeared a yearago. But I trust | may never again see her face in this world.” “Did she not love you, Arthur?” ; “Love! Such a creature is incapable of the tender passion, She lavished caresses upon me, and half an hour later was coolly plotting my. death with an eomi