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But he must make up his mind as to some line of conduct She must be made to know the truth If hea wild cat, he ly that he must not flinch froo soo near his life, he could perceive Having done what he had done he would have no right to shrink froe He must tell her to her face that he was not satisfied with her past life, and that therefore he would not ht write to her;--but when summoned to her presence he would be unable to excuse hi It was his misfortune,--and also his fault,--that he had subht be well that before he saw her he should get hold of inforht have the appearance of real evidence He returned fro of the Friday on which the Board was held, and thought even more of all this than he did of the attack which he was prepared to make on Mr Melht learn so The husband's name had been Caradoc Carson Hurtle If Caradoc Carson Hurtle had been seen in the State of Kansas within the last two years, that certainly would be sufficient evidence As to the duel he felt that it ht be hard to found upon the fact any absolute right on his part to withdraw froh not corroborated during his last visit to Liverpool, that she had shot a gentleet at the truth of that story? If they were all true, surely he could justify himself to himself

But this detective's as very distasteful to hi had the woman in his arms how could he undertake such inquiries as these? And it would be alain while he was e Was it not his duty, as ato herself? To speak to her thus:--'I am told that your life with your last husband was, to say the least of it, eccentric; that you even fought a duel with hiht a duel,-- certainly not a woht with her own husband I aon It entle in the deed so repulsive to me,--no doubt irrationally,--that, on that score also, I must decline to marry you I am told also that Mr Hurtle has been seen alive quite lately I had understood from you that he is dead No doubt you ed myself to you had I known the truth, so now I consider ement which was based on a h all these details; but it radually,--unless in the process of doing so he should incur the fate of the gentleon At any rate he would declare to her as well as he could the ground on which he claiht to consider himself free, and would bear the consequences Such was the resolve which he made on his journey up from Liverpool, and that trouble was also on his le-handed at the Board