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"In a treer and exciteard toabout Genevra I did not doubt, and I would not give her a chance to explain by telling her what I had seen, but sent her back to England, giving her a the expenses of her journey and for living in comfort after her arrival there From Rome ent to Naples, and then to Switzerland, where Hatty died, leaving us alone with little Jamie It was here at Berne that I received an anony that Genevra ith her aunt, that the whole had ended as he thought it would, that he could readily guess at the nature of the trouble, and hinting that if a divorce was desirable on land, all necessary proof could be obtained by applying to such a nu hiht Genevra, and saying he had always opposed theGenevra's family

"This was the first time the idea of a divorce had entered ht in some way be restored to me unspotted, had unconsciously been the daystar of my existence, and I shrank from a final separation But ht to her, knowing as she did that the validity of a Scotch lish courts Once free from Genevra the world this side the water would never know of that mistake, and she set herself steadily to accomplish her purpose To tell you all that followed our return to England and the steps by which I was brought to sue for a divorce would , and so I will only state that, chiefly by the testimony of the anonymous letter writer, whose acquaintance wein no defense, but as I heard afterward, settling down to an apathy fro had power to rouse her until the news of her freedom from me was carried to her, when, amid a paroxys , and saying God would not forgiveI had done her I saw her once after that by appointment and her face haunted me for years Indeed, I sometimes see it in my dreams as it confronted me then, with a look which I noas a look of deeply injured innocence, for, Katy, Genevra was innocent, as I found after the time was past when reparation could be made"