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188 | SEALED LIPS. CHAPTER XXI. “YOU WILL. NEVER RETURN TO FRANCE.” In consequence of Madame Sauval’s arrival, which was about the first of May, Godefroid’s in- stallation in Bearn took a definite form. He had tried, before he left Paris, to procure a month’s con- jugal tete-a-tete, anu regretfully contented himself with the two weeks that he obtained with difficulty from his mother-in-law, who said she could not live two days, without her daughter. It was, neverthe- less, with a feeling of relief that he saw Jenny’s mother arrive. Notonce had he seen any appear- ance of rebellion or complaint on the young woman’s part, but at rare intervals he would hear that weary sigh that threw him into despair. The presence of a third party in their solitude might produce a useful diversion. Madame Sauval’s return into her own domain had something of the melancholy pomp that formerly signalized the return of refugees into their own countries and to their own estates. If the notary of the place had not been discreet he would have told that by virtue of certain deeds, followed by a change of stocks, that Pomeyras had become Godefroid’s. For the present poor Sauval’s widow took care that these little details should not GComicbooks.co