The Works of George W. M. Reynolds — page 154: what you’re looking at

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THE EXPERIMENT’S RESULT 137 therefore intimated to his wife that he purposed to remain for her in the carriage, at the same time giving her to under- stand that she need not abridge her visit to Juliana on that account. The vehicle stopped at the gate of the villa; the bell was rung, and Madame Durand herself came forth. She had evidently received her instructions from Juliana, for in answer to the inquiry of the marquis, she immediately said, “ The lady is gone; she departed two or three hours back.” “Gone!’’ ejaculated Constance, in a tone of anguish. “But she has left some letter, some message? ”’ “Yes, this letter,’? answered Madame Durand, presenting a sealed note at the same time. Constance tore it open, and by the light of the lamp at the gateway, she read the following lines: “Do not be angry with me, dearest sister, that I have re- solved not to meet you at present. The circumstances under which we should thus encounter each other would be too painful for me. Mistrust not, however, the love that I bear for you, and may you be happy. I go into some other seclu- sion, afar from Paris, and whence in a short time I will write to you. By the date at which you will reach Naples, — as I see by the newspapers when you are likely to be there, — you shall find a letter awaiting you. Farewell, dearest sister, and remember me kindly to the marquis. “ JULIANA.” It was with sad and mournful feelings that Constance accompanied her husband back to the hotel at Paris, but probably his impression was that under all circumstances it was better Juliana should have adopted such a course. ECOnNIEDOOKS (EO)