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A week has passed--

Alathea ca

I resented it extremely As yet the only advance I have made is that I

can control most of the outward demonstrations of my perturbations, but

not the sensations the in my chair quite still

when the door opened, and in she cah there was no crepe, one could see that the garments

were French trappings of woe, that is, she had a veil hanging from her

sis for the

funeral, and probably could not afford a second set ofclothes, so that there was that indescribable air of

elegance about her appearance which had shown in the Bois that Sunday

The black was supre to her transparent white skin, and

seeht bronze brown of her hair--the rebellious

little curls had slipped out beside her ears, but the yellow horn

spectacles were as unco as ever--I could not see whether her

eyes were sad or no--her mouth was firm as usual

"I want to tell you of my sympathy," I said immediately--"I was so sorry