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’
Is
the
tie
that
once
bound
us
completely
broken
?
Am
I
as
entirely
parted
from
the
good
and
evil
fortune
of
his
life
as
if
we
had
never
met
and
never
loved
?
’
Agnes
looked
at
the
clock
on
the
mantel
-
piece
.
Not
ten
minutes
since
,
those
serious
questions
had
been
on
her
lips
.
It
almost
shocked
her
to
think
of
the
common
-
place
manner
in
which
they
had
already
met
with
their
reply
.
The
mail
of
that
night
would
appeal
once
more
to
Montbarry
’
s
remembrance
of
her
—
in
the
choice
of
a
servant
.
Two
days
later
,
the
post
brought
a
few
grateful
lines
from
Emily
.
Her
husband
had
got
the
place
.
Ferrari
was
engaged
,
for
six
months
certain
,
as
Lord
Montbarry
’
s
courier
.
After
only
one
week
of
travelling
in
Scotland
,
my
lord
and
my
lady
returned
unexpectedly
to
London
.
Introduced
to
the
mountains
and
lakes
of
the
Highlands
,
her
ladyship
positively
declined
to
improve
her
acquaintance
with
them
.
When
she
was
asked
for
her
reason
,
she
answered
with
a
Roman
brevity
,
’
I
have
seen
Switzerland
.
’
For
a
week
more
,
the
newly
-
married
couple
remained
in
London
,
in
the
strictest
retirement
.
On
one
day
in
that
week
the
nurse
returned
in
a
state
of
most
uncustomary
excitement
from
an
errand
on
which
Agnes
had
sent
her
.
Passing
the
door
of
a
fashionable
dentist
,
she
had
met
Lord
Montbarry
himself
just
leaving
the
house
.
The
good
woman
’
s
report
described
him
,
with
malicious
pleasure
,
as
looking
wretchedly
ill
.
’
His
cheeks
are
getting
hollow
,
my
dear
,
and
his
beard
is
turning
grey
.
I
hope
the
dentist
hurt
him
!
’
Knowing
how
heartily
her
faithful
old
servant
hated
the
man
who
had
deserted
her
,
Agnes
made
due
allowance
for
a
large
infusion
of
exaggeration
in
the
picture
presented
to
her
.
The
main
impression
produced
on
her
mind
was
an
impression
of
nervous
uneasiness
.
If
she
trusted
herself
in
the
streets
by
daylight
while
Lord
Montbarry
remained
in
London
,
how
could
she
be
sure
that
his
next
chance
-
meeting
might
not
be
a
meeting
with
herself
?
She
waited
at
home
,
privately
ashamed
of
her
own
undignified
conduct
,
for
the
next
two
days
.
On
the
third
day
the
fashionable
intelligence
of
the
newspapers
announced
the
departure
of
Lord
and
Lady
Montbarry
for
Paris
,
on
their
way
to
Italy
.
Mrs
.
Ferrari
,
calling
the
same
evening
,
informed
Agnes
that
her
husband
had
left
her
with
all
reasonable
expression
of
conjugal
kindness
;
his
temper
being
improved
by
the
prospect
of
going
abroad
.
But
one
other
servant
accompanied
the
travellers
—
Lady
Montbarry
’
s
maid
,
rather
a
silent
,
unsociable
woman
,
so
far
as
Emily
had
heard
.
Her
ladyship
’
s
brother
,
Baron
Rivar
,
was
already
on
the
Continent
.
It
had
been
arranged
that
he
was
to
meet
his
sister
and
her
husband
at
Rome
.
One
by
one
the
dull
weeks
succeeded
each
other
in
the
life
of
Agnes
.
She
faced
her
position
with
admirable
courage
,
seeing
her
friends
,
keeping
herself
occupied
in
her
leisure
hours
with
reading
and
drawing
,
leaving
no
means
untried
of
diverting
her
mind
from
the
melancholy
remembrance
of
the
past
.
But
she
had
loved
too
faithfully
,
she
had
been
wounded
too
deeply
,
to
feel
in
any
adequate
degree
the
influence
of
the
moral
remedies
which
she
employed
.
Persons
who
met
with
her
in
the
ordinary
relations
of
life
,
deceived
by
her
outward
serenity
of
manner
,
agreed
that
’
Miss
Lockwood
seemed
to
be
getting
over
her
disappointment
.
’
But
an
old
friend
and
school
companion
who
happened
to
see
her
during
a
brief
visit
to
London
,
was
inexpressibly
distressed
by
the
change
that
she
detected
in
Agnes
.
This
lady
was
Mrs
.
Westwick
,
the
wife
of
that
brother
of
Lord
Montbarry
who
came
next
to
him
in
age
,
and
who
was
described
in
the
’
Peerage
’
as
presumptive
heir
to
the
title
.
He
was
then
away
,
looking
after
his
interests
in
some
mining
property
which
he
possessed
in
America
.
Mrs
.
Westwick
insisted
on
taking
Agnes
back
with
her
to
her
home
in
Ireland
.
’
Come
and
keep
me
company
while
my
husband
is
away
.
My
three
little
girls
will
make
you
their
playfellow
,
and
the
only
stranger
you
will
meet
is
the
governess
,
whom
I
answer
for
your
liking
beforehand
.
Pack
up
your
things
,
and
I
will
call
for
you
to
-
morrow
on
my
way
to
the
train
.
’
In
those
hearty
terms
the
invitation
was
given
.
Agnes
thankfully
accepted
it
.
For
three
happy
months
she
lived
under
the
roof
of
her
friend
.
The
girls
hung
round
her
in
tears
at
her
departure
;
the
youngest
of
them
wanted
to
go
back
with
Agnes
to
London
.
Half
in
jest
,
half
in
earnest
,
she
said
to
her
old
friend
at
parting
,
’
If
your
governess
leaves
you
,
keep
the
place
open
for
me
.
’
Mrs
.
Westwick
laughed
.
The
wiser
children
took
it
seriously
,
and
promised
to
let
Agnes
know
.
On
the
very
day
when
Miss
Lockwood
returned
to
London
,
she
was
recalled
to
those
associations
with
the
past
which
she
was
most
anxious
to
forget
.
After
the
first
kissings
and
greetings
were
over
,
the
old
nurse
(
who
had
been
left
in
charge
at
the
lodgings
)
had
some
startling
information
to
communicate
,
derived
from
the
courier
’
s
wife
.
