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May
you
have
as
good
a
husband
,
my
dear
,
when
your
time
comes
!
In
the
mean
while
,
the
one
thing
wanting
now
to
make
my
happiness
complete
,
is
to
have
you
and
the
darling
children
with
us
.
Montbarry
is
just
as
miserable
without
them
as
I
am
—
though
he
doesn
’
t
confess
it
so
freely
.
You
will
have
no
difficulties
to
trouble
you
.
Louis
will
deliver
these
hurried
lines
,
and
will
take
care
of
you
on
the
journey
to
Paris
.
Kiss
the
children
for
me
a
thousand
times
—
and
never
mind
their
education
for
the
present
!
Pack
up
instantly
,
my
dear
,
and
I
will
be
fonder
of
you
than
ever
.
Your
affectionate
friend
,
Adela
Montbarry
.
’
Agnes
folded
up
the
letter
;
and
,
feeling
the
need
of
composing
herself
,
took
refuge
for
a
few
minutes
in
her
own
room
.
Her
first
natural
sensations
of
surprise
and
excitement
at
the
prospect
of
going
to
Venice
were
succeeded
by
impressions
of
a
less
agreeable
kind
.
With
the
recovery
of
her
customary
composure
came
the
unwelcome
remembrance
of
the
parting
words
spoken
to
her
by
Montbarry
’
s
widow
:
—
’
We
shall
meet
again
—
here
in
England
,
or
there
in
Venice
where
my
husband
died
—
and
meet
for
the
last
time
’
It
was
an
odd
coincidence
,
to
say
the
least
of
it
,
that
the
march
of
events
should
be
unexpectedly
taking
Agnes
to
Venice
,
after
those
words
had
been
spoken
!
Was
the
woman
of
the
mysterious
warnings
and
the
wild
black
eyes
still
thousands
of
miles
away
in
America
?
Or
was
the
march
of
events
taking
her
unexpectedly
,
too
,
on
the
journey
to
Venice
?
Agnes
started
out
of
her
chair
,
ashamed
of
even
the
momentary
concession
to
superstition
which
was
implied
by
the
mere
presence
of
such
questions
as
these
in
her
mind
.
She
rang
the
bell
,
and
sent
for
her
little
pupils
,
and
announced
their
approaching
departure
to
the
household
.
The
noisy
delight
of
the
children
,
the
inspiriting
effort
of
packing
up
in
a
hurry
,
roused
all
her
energies
.
She
dismissed
her
own
absurd
misgivings
from
consideration
,
with
the
contempt
that
they
deserved
.
She
worked
as
only
women
can
work
,
when
their
hearts
are
in
what
they
do
.
The
travellers
reached
Dublin
that
day
,
in
time
for
the
boat
to
England
.
Two
days
later
,
they
were
with
Lord
and
Lady
Montbarry
at
Paris
.
It
was
only
the
twentieth
of
September
,
when
Agnes
and
the
children
reached
Paris
.
Mrs
.
Norbury
and
her
brother
Francis
had
then
already
started
on
their
journey
to
Italy
—
at
least
three
weeks
before
the
date
at
which
the
new
hotel
was
to
open
for
the
reception
of
travellers
.
The
person
answerable
for
this
premature
departure
was
Francis
Westwick
.
Like
his
younger
brother
Henry
,
he
had
increased
his
pecuniary
resources
by
his
own
enterprise
and
ingenuity
;
with
this
difference
,
that
his
speculations
were
connected
with
the
Arts
.
He
had
made
money
,
in
the
first
instance
,
by
a
weekly
newspaper
;
and
he
had
then
invested
his
profits
in
a
London
theatre
.
This
latter
enterprise
,
admirably
conducted
,
had
been
rewarded
by
the
public
with
steady
and
liberal
encouragement
.
Pondering
over
a
new
form
of
theatrical
attraction
for
the
coming
winter
season
,
Francis
had
determined
to
revive
the
languid
public
taste
for
the
ballet
by
means
of
an
entertainment
of
his
own
invention
,
combining
dramatic
interest
with
dancing
.
He
was
now
,
accordingly
,
in
search
of
the
best
dancer
(
possessed
of
the
indispensable
personal
attractions
)
who
was
to
be
found
in
the
theatres
of
the
Continent
.
Hearing
from
his
foreign
correspondents
of
two
women
who
had
made
successful
first
appearances
,
one
at
Milan
and
one
at
Florence
,
he
had
arranged
to
visit
those
cities
,
and
to
judge
of
the
merits
of
the
dancers
for
himself
,
before
he
joined
the
bride
and
bridegroom
.
His
widowed
sister
,
having
friends
at
Florence
whom
she
was
anxious
to
see
,
readily
accompanied
him
.
The
Montbarrys
remained
at
Paris
,
until
it
was
time
to
present
themselves
at
the
family
meeting
in
Venice
.
Henry
found
them
still
in
the
French
capital
,
when
he
arrived
from
London
on
his
way
to
the
opening
of
the
new
hotel
.
