I Forbid the Banns! — page 340: what you’re looking at

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33° “7 FORBID THE BANNS!” Could she account for it now? Was it possible that her eyes were only now opened to her position, while Julian’s had been open all the time? Was it possible that he had ceased to have that respect for her which a husband should have for his wife, if they were to live together in harmony? Was it possible that he retained for Marian Travers that feeling which he had had for her—according to Charlie Barham’s story—before the steamer had anchored off St. Helena? He had been by the side of Marian Travers all the evening; and, perhaps, the reason why he did not return to his house was that he preferred remaining PF the side of Marian Travers. This was the last of Bertha’s tumult of thoughts. She rose from her chair, and stood leaning against a cabinet above whicha mirror hung. She saw the reflection of her pale face in the glass by the light of the wax candles in the sconces. The face seemed to her that of a stranger, and, moreover, a stranger for wkrom she entertained no feeling of regard. Was her life wrecked ? When Julian returned he appeared to her also in the light of a stranger, so great was the strain to which she had been subjected by her tumultuous thoughts. He expressed his regret that she had been indisposed. Perhaps she had been doing too much lately. He was sorry he had not heard that she had left Saxe-Coburg House until late in the night, he said. “It was a pity that you had to leave so early,”’ he added. “ We had a great scene—I would not have missed it for worlds. It appears that our young friend Charlie has been entertaining an ancient grudge against a certain Mr. Betstein-—a fellow who was left a few millions by his father—and he thought he could not do better than fight it out with Betstein in one of the greenhouses. He fought CONNIELIOOKS (e(6) m