Thrice Lost, Thrice Won — page 186: what you’re looking at

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—- - Estella’ “ Gece | rt: +, arts Bakow the doy was well closed, Estella ad t he open the sealed note and devoured its contents. It was | ‘insolently brief: “My Dear Livre ESTELLA, Fou nw. me, and I ae ou, and you take me for a ghost, no doubt. No, my dear; am worth a dozen drowned men yet, old Peter Fisher’ 5 f fe! able to the contrary notwithstanding. I sha’n’t tell Alwyn artram. that little story of the past, and I have every ; reason to feel certain you will not, if you can help it. I “Wor ldn’t. tell him if I were you. He only wants an excuse bo @ Jeave you for a certain black-eyed little beauty we wot Don’t give it to him. Let us keep our secret—he will be € “none the worse for it. J want to talk the matter over Ww vit a you. Suppose you meet-me in Union Square this after- noon, at four o’clock. Come veiled, so that no one will scognize you. Don’t fail, my dear, ‘and reduce me to the i mpleasant. necessity of insisting on an interview at the house. oe Ss “Devotedly yours, aS Gee tec ee “RoysTEN Dagens.” ei — ts it “he aaa had come. This bed, bold man was her mas- ter; she must pay the penalty of having a seeret from ther us sband ; she must pay the penalty of Helen Mallory’s foolish et ence; she must meet him. f they had only told Alwyn capt: in Chelsea—if she 1 only told him during those happy summer months up mong the hills! But she had loved him so unutterably— feared his anger so intensely—she bad been such a ret tek hed little coward all along; and now, and now Louise, the discreet, waited until she was weary; that wrning, for madame’s bell to ring. But the summons came ; last, and entering, she found her up, wrapped in a white ; a ‘e fesing gown, and paler than that cashmere vestment. 3 dreaded her; she had infinite reason to dread her now. he will tell Mrs. Hamilton about this fatal note,” Mrs. nad < * 5 sept so long will soon be. known, far and wide, now.’ was past noon before Louise finished, yet her lady’s toilet of the simplest. She had chosen her plainest dress— black silk. It would save her the trouble of changing again 21S te} s fore going ont; and she must keep the appointment mo 23 ae ‘ . FS es ies 4 vill me him his ence,” she said, desperately. “I will r not tell all last night. This very evening ne was afraid to meet the girl’s keen eye. She had are m thought, “and she will tell Alwyn. The secret Tt : oa 1 kno m ‘the whole miserable secre I have hiddem S (EO) eR peg SP ek 3S ¢o miick 902) ¢ - —-. s » ue - ~ “ .- : - « 2, . ” = rt 2 De ¢ a? . ——" wt _e . . -. ° + aut a ¥ “ @ y “is 4 , ‘ : t , oy gf « a aa ioe a: a 7 - , . > - “ , by : — = + é . - : 8 I ba Ny La = =—]| -. : ——' oy fae a a, ° ~~" td > an =~ 2 - ™ ade a *