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She
half
whimpered
as
she
walked
;
and
Berenice
,
surveying
the
room
with
dignity
,
a
lofty
superiority
in
her
face
,
led
solemnly
forth
,
a
strange
,
lacerating
pain
about
her
heart
.
What
was
at
the
bottom
of
these
shameful
statements
?
Why
should
this
drunken
roisterer
have
selected
her
mother
,
of
all
other
women
in
the
dining-room
,
for
the
object
of
these
outrageous
remarks
?
Why
should
her
mother
be
stricken
,
so
utterly
collapsed
,
if
there
were
not
some
truth
in
what
he
had
said
?
It
was
very
strange
,
very
sad
,
very
grim
,
very
horrible
.
What
would
that
gossiping
,
scandal-loving
world
of
which
she
knew
so
much
say
to
a
scene
like
this
?
For
the
first
time
in
her
life
the
import
and
horror
of
social
ostracism
flashed
upon
her
.
The
following
morning
,
owing
to
a
visit
paid
to
the
Jefferson
Market
Police
Court
by
Lieutenant
Braxmar
,
where
he
proposed
,
if
satisfaction
were
not
immediately
guaranteed
,
to
empty
cold
lead
into
Mr.
Beales
Chadsey
's
stomach
,
the
following
letter
on
Buckingham
stationery
was
written
and
sent
to
Mrs
Ira
George
Carter
--
36
Central
Park
South
:
DEAR
MADAM
:
Last
evening
,
owing
to
a
drunken
debauch
,
for
which
I
have
no
satisfactory
or
suitable
explanation
to
make
,
I
was
the
unfortunate
occasion
of
an
outrage
upon
your
feelings
and
those
of
your
daughter
and
friends
,
for
which
I
wish
most
humbly
to
apologize
.
I
can
not
tell
you
how
sincerely
I
regret
whatever
I
said
or
did
,
which
I
can
not
now
clearly
recall
.
My
mental
attitude
when
drinking
is
both
contentious
and
malicious
,
and
while
in
this
mood
and
state
I
was
the
author
of
statements
which
I
know
to
be
wholly
unfounded
.
In
my
drunken
stupor
I
mistook
you
for
a
certain
notorious
woman
of
Louisville
--
why
,
I
have
not
the
slightest
idea
.
For
this
wholly
shameful
and
outrageous
conduct
I
sincerely
ask
your
pardon
--
beg
your
forgiveness
.
I
do
not
know
what
amends
I
can
make
,
but
anything
you
may
wish
to
suggest
I
shall
gladly
do
.
In
the
mean
while
I
hope
you
will
accept
this
letter
in
the
spirit
in
which
it
is
written
and
as
a
slight
attempt
at
recompense
which
I
know
can
never
fully
be
made
.
Very
sincerely
,
BEALES
CHADSEY
.
At
the
same
time
Lieutenant
Braxmar
was
fully
aware
before
this
letter
was
written
or
sent
that
the
charges
implied
against
Mrs.
Carter
were
only
too
well
founded
.
Beales
Chadsey
had
said
drunk
what
twenty
men
in
all
sobriety
and
even
the
police
at
Louisville
would
corroborate
.
Chadsey
had
insisted
on
making
this
clear
to
Braxmar
before
writing
the
letter
.
Berenice
,
perusing
the
apology
from
Beales
Chadsey
,
which
her
mother
--
very
much
fagged
and
weary
--
handed
her
the
next
morning
,
thought
that
it
read
like
the
overnight
gallantry
of
some
one
who
was
seeking
to
make
amends
without
changing
his
point
of
view
.
Mrs.
Carter
was
too
obviously
self-conscious
.
She
protested
too
much
.
Berenice
knew
that
she
could
find
out
for
herself
if
she
chose
,
but
would
she
choose
?
The
thought
sickened
her
,
and
yet
who
was
she
to
judge
too
severely
?
Cowperwood
came
in
bright
and
early
to
put
as
good
a
face
on
the
matter
as
he
could
.
He
explained
how
he
and
Braxmar
had
gone
to
the
police
station
to
make
a
charge
;
how
Chadsey
,
sobered
by
arrest
,
had
abandoned
his
bravado
and
humbly
apologized
.
When
viewing
the
letter
handed
him
by
Mrs.
Carter
he
exclaimed
:
