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events in his daily experience of which it was better for her to be

ignorant "They belong to it, as my uniform does," he said; "they are a

part of its appearance; but they never touch , Katherine" This explanation it had been the

duty both of love and of wisdom to accept; and she had done so with a

faith which asked for no conviction beyond it

And now she was told that for years he had been the lover of another

woman; that her own existence was doubted or denied; that if it were

admitted, it ith a supposition which affected both her own good

nahts of her child In those days, America was at the ends

of the earth A ith it was i of international rights, nor what changes

such a condition ht render possible Hyde was the probable

representative of an ancient noble English fareat: if he really wished to annul their e, perhaps it was in

his power to do so She kneell how greedy rank was of rank and

riches, and she could understand that there ht be powerful family

reasons for an alliance which would add Lady Suffolk's wealth to the

Hyde earldom