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"One thing made it tolerable to us that your husband should come back

to the house," said Melbury at last--"the death of Mrs Charhtly to the recollection, "he told

me so"

"Did he tell you how she died? It was no such death as Giles's She

was shot--by a disappointed lover It occurred in Germany The

unfortunate entleman of very passionate nature who used to haunt this place to

force her to an interview, and followed her about everywhere So ends

the brilliant Felice Charood friend to ive her," said Grace, absently "Did Edgar tell you of

this?"

"No; but he put a London newspaper, giving an account of it, on the

hall table, folded in such a way that we should see it It will be in

the Sherton paper this week, no doubt To make the event more solemn

still to him, he had just before had sharp words with her, and left

her He told Lucy this, as nothing about him appears in the newspaper

And the cause of the quarrel was, of all people, she we've left behind

us"

"Do you mean Marty?" Grace spoke the words but perfunctorily For,

pertinent and pointed as Melbury's story was, she had no heart for it