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136 REYNOLDS’ WORKS reproachfully, “ how can I be angry with you? You have acted as a friend to a friend; and by this do I signify my approval,” at the same time imprinting a kiss upon his cheek. “And now, dearest Constance,” said the marquis, “ I have to speak to you on a matter altogether different — and — and — totally unconnected with the other topic. You remember the solemn promise — ”’ ‘“ Juliana! ’’ exclaimed Constance. ‘“‘ You have met her? ”’ “ Accident has revealed to me her abode.” “And you have seen her?’ cried the younger sister, vehemently. ‘““ Yes, I have seen her, and I have promised that you also shall see her.”’ ‘At once!’ cried the marchioness, starting up from her seat by her husband’s side. ‘‘ Let me hasten at once to embrace Juliana.”’ “Calm yourself,’’ said the marquis. ‘“ It is not until the evening that you are to call upon her.”’ “And why not? Wherefore this delay?” exclaimed Constance, cruelly disappointed. “Tt is her wish. She was overpowered at the thought of meeting you again, under altered circumstances.”’ ‘““ And tell me, Etienne, is she happy? But no, she cannot be, itisimpossible. Alas, my poor sister! ”’ Constance burst into tears, and Villebelle did all he could to console her. He had dreaded lest it should strike her that Juliana was the siren of whom he had spoken as the beguiler of Jules de Chateauneuf, and he was happy to per- ceive that his wife entertained not this suspicion. No, for Constance would have thought, if the idea had struck her at all, that her husband could scarcely have been so guarded, and that by some look or word he would have betrayed the fact of that identity. Her impression therefore was that it was a mere coincidence, his having fallen in with Juliana at the same time he was bent on his generous purpose on behalf of Chateauneutl. It was about six o’clock in the evening that the marquis and marchioness proceeded in a carriage to the village of Auteuil. It was not Villebelle’s intention to accompany Constance into Juliana’s presence; he thought that the two sisters would rather be alone at such an interview. He CONNIE DOO KS (E(0)