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Alathea, I would never be so unkind to you And yet I don't know, if I

were jealous and angry, as I suppose she is, I could of course be iven the day out by her ain no inforht for dinner, but still irl did not come,

and in solemn state in a white tie and tail coat, I dined--alone!

In spite of the chaain handed, apprehension set

in What can have happened to her? Has she had an accident? Does she

mean never to return? Are all my calculations of no sense, and has she

left me forever?

In despair, at ten o'clock I telephoned the Hotel de Courville

Lady Thor, I was told, but the

Duchesse had left for Hautevine at two o'clock--No one was in the house

now--No, they did not know Lady Hilda Bulteel's telephone number She

had no telephone they supposed--No, they did not know the address

Auteuil, and the na could be

done on a week-day, but on a Sunday night, in war tiony of doubt and apprehension, I

consented to retire to bed