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I

have

one

remembrance

of

that

illness

,

which

might

have

been

part

of

the

ever

-

changing

panorama

conjured

up

by

a

delirious

brain

were

it

not

so

definitely

fixed

in

my

memory

.

One

night

,

when

the

nurse

was

absent

,

the

door

of

my

chamber

opened

,

and

a

tall

woman

in

blackest

mourning

slipped

into

the

room

.

She

came

across

to

me

,

and

as

she

bent

her

sallow

face

I

saw

by

the

faint

gleam

of

the

night

-

light

that

it

was

the

Brazilian

woman

whom

my

cousin

had

married

.

She

stared

intently

into

my

face

,

and

her

expression

was

more

kindly

than

I

had

ever

seen

it

.

"

Are

you

conscious

?

"

she

asked

.

I

feebly

nodded

—

for

I

was

still

very

weak

.

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"

Well

;

then

,

I

only

wished

to

say

to

you

that

you

have

yourself

to

blame

.

Did

I

not

do

all

I

could

for

you

?

From

the

beginning

I

tried

to

drive

you

from

the

house

.

By

every

means

,

short

of

betraying

my

husband

,

I

tried

to

save

you

from

him

.

I

knew

that

he

had

a

reason

for

bringing

you

here

.

I

knew

that

he

would

never

let

you

get

away

again

.

No

one

knew

him

as

I

knew

him

,

who

had

suffered

from

him

so

often

.

I

did

not

dare

to

tell

you

all

this

.

He

would

have

killed

me

.

But

I

did

my

best

for

you

.

As

things

have

turned

out

,

you

have

been

the

best

friend

that

I

have

ever

had

.

You

have

set

me

free

,

and

I

fancied

that

nothing

but

death

would

do

that

.

I

am

sorry

if

you

are

hurt

,

but

I

cannot

reproach

myself

.

I

told

you

that

you

were

a

fool

—

and

a

fool

you

have

been

.

"

She

crept

out

of

the

room

,

the

bitter

,

singular

woman

,

and

I

was

never

destined

to

see

her

again

.

With

what

remained

from

her

husband

’

s

property

she

went

back

to

her

native

land

,

and

I

have

heard

that

she

afterwards

took

the

veil

at

Pernambuco

.

It

was

not

until

I

had

been

back

in

London

for

some

time

that

the

doctors

pronounced

me

to

be

well

enough

to

do

business

.

It

was

not

a

very

welcome

permission

to

me

,

for

I

feared

that

it

would

be

the

signal

for

an

inrush

of

creditors

;

but

it

was

Summers

,

my

lawyer

,

who

first

took

advantage

of

it

.

"

I

am

very

glad

to

see

that

your

lordship

is

so

much

better

,

"

said

he

.

"

I

have

been

waiting

a

long

time

to

offer

my

congratulations

.

"

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"

What

do

you

mean

,

Summers

?

This

is

no

time

for

joking

.

"

"

I

mean

what

I

say

,

"

he

answered

.

"

You

have

been

Lord

Southerton

for

the

last

six

weeks

,

but

we

feared

that

it

would

retard

your

recovery

if

you

were

to

learn

it

"

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