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M Riviere paled to his normal hue: paler than that his complexion could hardly turn

"Why the devil," Archer explosively continued, "should you have thought--since I suppose you're appealing to round of my relationship to Madame Olenska--that I should take a view contrary to the rest of her fae of expression in M Riviere's face was for a time his only answer His look passed fro man of his usually resourceful mien it would have been difficult to appear more disarine," Archer continued, "why you should have come to me when there are others so ht I should be uments I suppose you were sent over with"

M Riviere took this onslaught with a disconcerting huuments I want to present to you, Monsieur, are my own and not those I was sent over with"

"Then I see still less reason for listening to the whether these last words were not a sufficiently broad hint to put it on and be gone Then he spoke with sudden decision "Monsieur--will you tell ht to be here that you question? Or do you perhaps believe the whole matter to be already closed?"

His quiet insistence made Archer feel the clumsiness of his own bluster M Riviere had succeeded in ihtly, dropped into his chair again, and signed to the young man to be seated

"I beg your pardon: but why isn't the uish "You do, then, agree with the rest of the faht, it is hardly possible for Madame Olenska not to return to her husband?"

"Good God!" Archer exclaiave out a lowher, I saw--at Count Olenski's request--Mr Lovell Mingott, ho to Boston I understand that he represents his reat throughout her fa to the edge of a sliding precipice The discovery that he had been excluded froe that they were on foot, caused him a surprise hardly dulled by the acuter wonder of what he was learning He saw in a flash that if the family had ceased to consult him it was because soer on their side; and he recalled, with a start of co their drive hoott's on the day of the Archery Meeting: "Perhaps, after all, Ellen would be happier with her husband"