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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: Miss Hildreth, Volume 3 of 3 - A Novel - -Author: Augusta de Grasse Stevens - -Release Date: August 7, 2012 [EBook #40433] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MISS HILDRETH, VOLUME 3 OF 3 *** - - - - -Produced by Robert Cicconetti and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40433 ***</div> <div class="figcenter"> <img src="images/tp3.jpg" alt=""/> @@ -921,7 +881,7 @@ the love she had rejected to another woman, who could scarcely be called her rival, and yet who influenced him as potentially as she.</p> <p>And what the result had been of that second wooing he dared not now -remember, for even as he recalled his bondage to Adèle Lamien, and as he +remember, for even as he recalled his bondage to Adèle Lamien, and as he looked upon the wrecked beauty, the stained loveliness of the woman before him, so, too, he realised that he loved her and her only, loved her better in this her hour of disgrace and misery than ever before; @@ -1097,10 +1057,10 @@ the evidence brought forward by those who obtained the arrest fail to be of such a character as to justify the person under arrest being put on trial, that person would be discharged, and therefore freed from any further action. The arrest in fact falls to the ground, unsubstantiated, -there being no <i>primâ facie</i> case."</p> +there being no <i>primâ facie</i> case."</p> <p>"And if otherwise, Philip? If the evidence is of such a nature as to -prove a <i>primâ facie</i> case, what then?"</p> +prove a <i>primâ facie</i> case, what then?"</p> <p>She asked this question very slowly, looking at him steadily with unflinching eyes.</p> @@ -1200,10 +1160,10 @@ Presently, however, she turned a little more towards him, leaning still further across the table, and looking full into his eyes, said, with sudden directness:</p> -<p>"Why do you ask nothing concerning your friend, Adèle Lamien, Philip? Do +<p>"Why do you ask nothing concerning your friend, Adèle Lamien, Philip? Do you not know that she, too, is implicated in this affair?"</p> -<p>"Adèle Lamien!" he exclaimed, taken off his guard by the unexpectedness +<p>"Adèle Lamien!" he exclaimed, taken off his guard by the unexpectedness of the assault. "Good Heavens! what has she to do with all this?"</p> <p>"Ah, what indeed?" answered Miss Hildreth, slowly. "Fathom her motives, @@ -1213,7 +1173,7 @@ Philip, and you will lay bare the secret of my arrest."</p> manner, and by the sudden return of that vague, intangible influence, evoked by the mere mention of Mdlle. Lamien's name, that had from the first played so distinct a part in his intimacy with her, "Patricia, -what do you mean? Explain yourself. What can Adèle Lamien have to do +what do you mean? Explain yourself. What can Adèle Lamien have to do with you?"</p> <p>"Ah, what indeed?" she answered, in the same measured tones, still @@ -1295,7 +1255,7 @@ was it melodrama? he had construed since then!</p> <p>As he walked back to his rooms from Ludlow Street Jail that hot August evening, his mind was very full of Patricia's farewell words:</p> -<p>"Fathom Adèle Lamien's motives, Philip, and you will lay bare the secret +<p>"Fathom Adèle Lamien's motives, Philip, and you will lay bare the secret of my arrest."</p> <p>He had, indeed, in the sudden tumult and agitation of Dick Darling's @@ -1311,7 +1271,7 @@ and that she might so regard their equivocal position, and desire him to understand her silence as an expression of her final refusal of his suit. However that might be, he felt matters had reached such a crisis as to make his seeing her an imperative duty, since, by so doing, he -might elucidate the true motive for Patricia's arrest. Recalling Adèle +might elucidate the true motive for Patricia's arrest. Recalling Adèle Lamien's last words, and the note of victory in her voice—"surely this should be triumph enough, even for me, to know that I have won you from the remembrance, nay, from the very presence of Patricia Hildreth"—he @@ -1343,7 +1303,7 @@ sense and will had become but passive agents.</p> <p>How gladly would he not now welcome any honourable means of escape from the light fetters that bound him! He knew this, and acknowledged it frankly; even while he also realised that, were he again to stand -before Adèle Lamien, and listen to her low suggestive voice, and look +before Adèle Lamien, and listen to her low suggestive voice, and look upon her strangely familiar face, he would again yield to her influence as he had yielded before, and be subjugated by that same nameless <i>something</i>, to which he had succumbed before. It was not a pleasant @@ -1388,7 +1348,7 @@ written that under-scored <i>immediate</i>.</p> <p>He took it up indifferently. "It is Mainwaring's writing," he thought listlessly, and had almost a mind to put it by until a more propitious -moment—until he had written that letter to Adèle Lamien demanding an +moment—until he had written that letter to Adèle Lamien demanding an interview, upon the wording of which it had taken him so long to decide. John Mainwaring's communication could not possibly be of such importance as to demand instant attention; it had waited several days as @@ -1443,7 +1403,7 @@ beside a "Kate Greenaway" picture book.</p> <p>He had scarcely time to note these particulars before the door was opened, and Esther came towards him quickly, looking a little pale and excited, her fair hair tumbled about her face, and the long train of her -<i>négligé</i> making a slight rustle as she moved. She came close up to him +<i>négligé</i> making a slight rustle as she moved. She came close up to him and raised her eyes to his; they caught the reflection of the hopeful gladness therein, and her cheeks flushed suddenly, as she cried, putting out her hand and touching his arm:</p> @@ -1603,7 +1563,7 @@ rose-bud with him.</p> <p>It was a distinct source of pleasure to him, as he contemplated the little flower, to remember for whom its sister roses were destined. The tiny blood-red blossom seemed to put him in touch once more with his old -life—that life which antedated his visit to the Folly—when Adèle +life—that life which antedated his visit to the Folly—when Adèle Lamien was still unknown to him.</p> @@ -1823,7 +1783,7 @@ person as Patricia Hildreth assumed a special and individual importance.</p> outset, and the reticence of the Press regarding it—usually so garrulous and self-opinionated—served only to whet the sensation-loving appetite of the community. The examination being held in open court, -any one was free to enter, and to exercise that naïve candour of +any one was free to enter, and to exercise that naïve candour of criticism and good-natured interference in other people's affairs peculiarly American. Not a member of the assemblage but was cognisant of the case in all its details, or who could not, at a moment's notice, @@ -1916,13 +1876,13 @@ was wiser not to notice.</p> upon the assembly, and in that silence the peal of old Trinity's bells rang out, calling the worshippers to morning service. Vladimir, as he listened to the deep peal, thought of Petersburg, and found himself -waiting involuntarily for the victorious pæan, "How glorious is our God +waiting involuntarily for the victorious pæan, "How glorious is our God in Zion," which in his country followed the striking of the hour, drowning the sadder notes of the <i>Miserere</i>.</p> -<p>But the bells ceased, and with their final chord of aërial music the +<p>But the bells ceased, and with their final chord of aërial music the small door behind the official bench was thrown open, and the legal -<i>cortège</i> entered and took their seats in a silence that was absolute, +<i>cortège</i> entered and took their seats in a silence that was absolute, save for the throbbing of the air stirred by the expectant breathing of the waiting crowd.</p> @@ -1963,13 +1923,13 @@ acceded to by that of the United States, not as a matter of absolute right, but through that comity of nations by which the relationships existing between two great powers were kept intact and justly balanced. The warrant thus issued had been executed upon the person of Patricia -Hildreth, <i>alias</i> Adèle Lamien, <i>alias</i> Adèle Lallovich, on the charge +Hildreth, <i>alias</i> Adèle Lamien, <i>alias</i> Adèle Lallovich, on the charge of her having been an accomplice in the murder of Stevan Lallovich, which occurred at St. Petersburg in the month of December last. The investigation of this warrant was what they had before them now, and in so doing he would first call attention to the point of nationality, since upon this point very much depended. Should Miss Hildreth, or -rather should Adèle Lamien, prove to be a Muscovite subject, the +rather should Adèle Lamien, prove to be a Muscovite subject, the American authorities could have but one course open to them, namely, to surrender her to the Russian officials, and let her be put upon trial in the country, and according to the laws, where the crime was committed.</p> @@ -1998,7 +1958,7 @@ the lady purported to be that stood accused before them; her name and her position were far too well known and defined to require any blazoning forth by him. His task was the more unpleasant one of proving that this Patricia Hildreth had no right to her recognised patronymic, -since she, under the name of Adèle Lamien, had contracted a marriage +since she, under the name of Adèle Lamien, had contracted a marriage with Count Stevan Lallovich, and had subsequently consented to, and participated in, the murder of the same Stevan Lallovich. It was owing to these exceptional features that the warrant had been issued against @@ -2063,7 +2023,7 @@ left behind no more tangible proof of identity than was contained in a small handkerchief, evidently dropped in the haste of flight, marked across one corner in embroidered letters <i>A. de L.</i>; above these letters the initials <i>P. H.</i> had been carelessly written in ink. The -handkerchief was that of a woman, and was traced as belonging to Adèle +handkerchief was that of a woman, and was traced as belonging to Adèle Lamien, or de Lallovich, Count Stevan's repudiated wife. Suspicion fell naturally upon this woman, a suspicion which soon became assurance; but she, with consummate cunning, eluded every effort put forth for her @@ -2080,12 +2040,12 @@ their agent in the matter; and he it was who in the furtherance of this work had traced the criminal link by link, and bit by bit, until he was able to lodge such information before the proper authorities in this country as resulted in the arrest of Patricia Hildreth; who now, as -Adèle Lamien, or Lallovich, stands accused of her husband's murder.</p> +Adèle Lamien, or Lallovich, stands accused of her husband's murder.</p> <p>"That, your honour," summed up Mr. Munger, "is my statement. To prove the regularity of the warrant, and the validity of the evidence upon which it was issued, I propose first to show that the lady calling -herself Patricia Hildreth is, <i>in propriâ personâ</i>, Adèle Lallovich, and +herself Patricia Hildreth is, <i>in propriâ personâ</i>, Adèle Lallovich, and that by her marriage with Stevan Lallovich, she became <i>de facto</i> a Russian subject, and is therefore answerable to Russian authority. To do this, I will avail myself of the precedent established for this case, by @@ -2121,10 +2081,10 @@ opinions of the public with him.</p> Petersburg at the time of Count Stevan's murder, her acquaintance with him, and her precipitate and mysterious flight from the Russian capital the morning after the perpetration of the crime. He next proved that a -lady, calling herself Adèle Lamien, had taken passage and sailed in a +lady, calling herself Adèle Lamien, had taken passage and sailed in a steamship of the International Line from London for New York; that, on the ship's arrival at the latter port, Miss Hildreth was found to be -among the passengers, while Adèle Lamien was missing. Miss Hildreth's +among the passengers, while Adèle Lamien was missing. Miss Hildreth's friends were kept in ignorance of her arrival for several days, and when questioned regarding her sudden and unexpected return, she displayed the greatest reticence.</p> @@ -2148,21 +2108,21 @@ only point of difference being that the one now in his possession did not have the written initials <i>P. H.</i> upon it.</p> <p>He next drew attention to the presence at the Folly of a person calling -herself Adèle Lamien, who filled the position of governess to Mr. +herself Adèle Lamien, who filled the position of governess to Mr. Newbold's little daughter. He, personally, had not met Mdlle. Lamien during his visit; but others had done so who would prove her identity with the lady before them. He had, however, been witness to an interview between Mdlle. Lamien and Mr. Philip Tremain, during which Mr. Tremain made no secret of his knowledge concerning that lady's past life. He had also in his possession a note addressed to Miss Darling, one of the -young lady guests at the Folly, signed Adèle Lamien, written on paper +young lady guests at the Folly, signed Adèle Lamien, written on paper bearing the Lallovich crest, and dated the 3rd of May; the very evening on which Miss Hildreth was said to have arrived at the Folly.</p> <p>During all of Count Mellikoff's narration, Patricia never once took her eyes from his dark, inscrutable face; she watched him with the same expressionless countenance which she had worn from the opening of the -inquiry. But at the mention of the interview between Adèle Lamien and +inquiry. But at the mention of the interview between Adèle Lamien and Philip Tremain her face changed perceptibly, a wave of emotion passed over it as she turned her troubled eyes appealingly towards John Mainwaring. Then the mask of impenetrability settled over it again, and @@ -2216,14 +2176,14 @@ morning of the 4th of May, when some of the house party were gathered together in Mrs. Newbold's boudoir. Miss Hildreth had then related a curious tale; she had not actually detailed the murder of Count Stevan Lallovich, but she had alluded to it very pertinently and with great -excitement of manner. She had also distinctly named Adèle Lallovich as +excitement of manner. She had also distinctly named Adèle Lallovich as the victim of a moral crime, and had intimated the form of her revenge.</p> <p>To her, Miss Hildreth had from the first appeared as a woman with a secret, and she had determined to fathom that secret. She had her reasons for doing so, they were purely personal reasons. She had, from the first day of her arrival at the Folly, heard a great deal about -Adèle Lamien. She had seen her once or twice, but had paid little +Adèle Lamien. She had seen her once or twice, but had paid little attention to her, noticing only that she shunned observation and kept as much in the background as possible. On the arrival of Mr. Tremain, however, Mdlle. Lamien apparently lost her shyness, for she, Miss James, @@ -2234,7 +2194,7 @@ governess in a state of great agitation.</p> capable of the most flagrant deception. Mrs. Newbold had been remonstrated with for her credulity, and on one such occasion she had related to her guests an extraordinary story, which purported to be that -of her governess, and which was substantially that of Adèle Lallovich, +of her governess, and which was substantially that of Adèle Lallovich, as told by Count Mellikoff; the details and make-up differed somewhat, and the murder of Count Stevan was not touched upon, but the main features were the same. Mr. Tremain was present on the occasion, and it @@ -2263,12 +2223,12 @@ afternoon. About half-past four she and Count Mellikoff were seated on the stone terrace beneath the library windows; they did not observe any one enter the room until close on to five o'clock, when Mr. Tremain came in, walked first up to the book-cases and then passed on into the -music-room, which was separated by <i>portières</i> only from the library. +music-room, which was separated by <i>portières</i> only from the library. She and the Count remained a few moments longer on the terrace, and then entered the library by one of the open French windows; as they did so a sudden exclamation from the inner room arrested them, and they thus became the listeners to a very remarkable interview between Mr. Tremain -and Adèle Lamien, during which Mdlle. Lamien played and sang in a manner +and Adèle Lamien, during which Mdlle. Lamien played and sang in a manner which seemed to greatly affect Mr. Tremain. At the close of the song he had offered himself to Mdlle. Lamien, and this had called forth from her a confused and rambling statement, in which she hinted at crime and @@ -2282,7 +2242,7 @@ Hildreth!"</p> <p>She had thought them remarkable words at the time; but they assumed a still greater significance when Mdlle. Lamien pushed back the -<i>portières</i> and, walking rapidly across the library, turned as she +<i>portières</i> and, walking rapidly across the library, turned as she reached the open door and looked back. Believing herself to be alone, she let the mask of deception fall from her, and, despite all disguise of paint and powder, they recognised in the countenance thus turned @@ -2371,7 +2331,7 @@ question put directly to her as briefly as possible, but she would not advance any detail or explanation. Notwithstanding the neutrality of her replies, however, her evidence was gravely important, for it established beyond question the fact that Miss Hildreth and Marianne's governess, -known at the Folly as Adèle Lamien, were one and the same person. Esther +known at the Folly as Adèle Lamien, were one and the same person. Esther did not attempt to deny this, nor did she vouchsafe any explanation concerning it. When asked if she had always been cognisant of this fact, she answered, simply:</p> @@ -2382,12 +2342,12 @@ she answered, simply:</p> <p>"Yes."</p> -<p>"Had she told the story purporting to be that of Adèle Lamien, as +<p>"Had she told the story purporting to be that of Adèle Lamien, as recounted by Miss James?"</p> <p>"Yes."</p> -<p>"Was she present when Miss Hildreth indicated that of Adèle Lallovich?"</p> +<p>"Was she present when Miss Hildreth indicated that of Adèle Lallovich?"</p> <p>"Yes."</p> @@ -2400,7 +2360,7 @@ recounted by Miss James?"</p> <p>"Because she thought Miss Hildreth was indiscreet."</p> <p>"Was she acquainted with Miss Hildreth's reasons for wishing to keep her -identity with Adèle Lamien secret?"</p> +identity with Adèle Lamien secret?"</p> <p>Mrs. Newbold's face flushed, and she turned another appealing look upon Patricia before she replied, slowly:</p> @@ -2436,13 +2396,13 @@ Patricia before she replied, slowly:</p> <p>Mrs. Newbold was silent, and, with a snort and a smile, Mr. Munger continued:</p> -<p>"Did Mrs. Newbold know Adèle Lamien, or Lallovich, to have committed a +<p>"Did Mrs. Newbold know Adèle Lamien, or Lallovich, to have committed a crime at some period of her life?"</p> <p>"Yes, she had been told so."</p> <p>"And Mrs. Newbold was perfectly sure that the lady calling herself Miss -Hildreth was the same person who, at the Folly, was known as Adèle +Hildreth was the same person who, at the Folly, was known as Adèle Lamien?"</p> <p>"Yes."</p> @@ -2458,7 +2418,7 @@ murder?"</p> <p>And Esther, her face flushing and paling alternately, her blue eyes fixed dauntlessly upon her tormenter, replied, that while forced to -admit that Patricia Hildreth and the person purporting to be Adèle +admit that Patricia Hildreth and the person purporting to be Adèle Lamien were to her certain knowledge one and the same, to the best of her belief this was not the whole truth. Miss Hildreth had reasons, grave reasons, for what she had done, and she, Mrs. Newbold, had @@ -2490,7 +2450,7 @@ waited with a look of quiet endurance on her pale face.</p> <p>Dick Darling was next interrogated, and her violent partisanship was decidedly refreshing to the excited listeners. She indignantly denied -any possible connection between Miss Hildreth and Adèle Lallovich; but +any possible connection between Miss Hildreth and Adèle Lallovich; but when pinned down to say why, she could only shake her brown head and declare she was sure of it from a moral point of view.</p> @@ -2502,7 +2462,7 @@ smallest suspicion of Miss Hildreth's identity with Mdlle. Lamien; she didn't believe it. She was not given to looking for suspicious motives in every-day life; thank goodness she was not a sneak, and hoped she never might be; this last with a malevolent glance at Miss James. Miss -Hildreth had told the story of Adèle Lallovich at her special request. +Hildreth had told the story of Adèle Lallovich at her special request. Yes, she had used both names in telling it, Lamien and Lallovich.</p> <p>Miss Darling finished with an open scowl at Mr. Munger, and a smile at @@ -2607,7 +2567,7 @@ recollection to be put aside with all haste? Would he forget her, too—he, Philip, for whose love she had played so hazardous a game? Would <i>he</i> forget her, as these people forgot her, glad to rush away from the excitement of looking at her to the greater excitement of -condemning her? Must she, too, like Adèle Lallovich, drink to the very +condemning her? Must she, too, like Adèle Lallovich, drink to the very dregs the bitter cup of humiliation and desertion?</p> <p>When all this grim comedy—this farce that touched so close on @@ -2637,7 +2597,7 @@ and in protesting against the legality of the warrant.</p> own friends, it was difficult to see what possible line of argument the young lawyer could take, with any surety of success. Mrs. Newbold's testimony had disposed effectually of any doubts as to the identity of -Miss Hildreth with that of the governess at the Folly—Adèle +Miss Hildreth with that of the governess at the Folly—Adèle Lamien—and with this fact established irrefutably, was not Miss Hildreth's complicity in the murder of Stevan Lallovich a foregone conclusion?</p> @@ -2664,7 +2624,7 @@ looked worn and sad, her eyes pathetic in their weariness, but the beautiful lips were set in firm decision, their expression one of dauntless courage and endurance.</p> -<p>The sweet, pungent perfume of the Maréchal Niel roses, grouped together +<p>The sweet, pungent perfume of the Maréchal Niel roses, grouped together in a tall glass vase, filled the heavy atmosphere with overpowering sweetness. She waited until John Mainwaring had quite finished speaking, and then said, slowly, and with the musical notes of her voice less @@ -2742,16 +2702,16 @@ act in the tragic drama.</p> <p>Mr. Munger intimated to his honour that his part in the proceedings had terminated with yesterday's evidence; which, he repeated, was in itself -sufficient to incriminate a dozen suspects, and to prove a dozen <i>primâ +sufficient to incriminate a dozen suspects, and to prove a dozen <i>primâ facie</i> cases. Bearing this in mind, it was not necessary for him to recapitulate it in detail, or indeed to make any comments upon it. The point at issue was the identity of the lady arrested with the person -named in the warrant as Adèle Lamien, or Lallovich. Yesterday's +named in the warrant as Adèle Lamien, or Lallovich. Yesterday's evidence—that of Miss Hildreth's intimate friends, and especially Mrs. Newbold's—had conclusively established that point; there could therefore be no hesitancy in proclaiming the warrant a valid one, and surrendering the lady up to the Russian Government. As to the guilt or -innocence of Adèle Lamien, or Lallovich, in the affair of Count Stevan's +innocence of Adèle Lamien, or Lallovich, in the affair of Count Stevan's murder, they were not called to pronounce upon; she must take her trial on that charge in the country where the crime was committed. The only point they were called upon to prove, was the legality of the warrant @@ -2767,7 +2727,7 @@ through the bare windows fell across a sea of expectant, excited faces, all turned in one direction, towards the slight, dark, upright figure seated within the railed off space. She, who, as the rich and beautiful Miss Hildreth, had been the object of their covetous envy, and who now, -as Adèle Lamien, stood charged with so vile a complicity in crime as to +as Adèle Lamien, stood charged with so vile a complicity in crime as to separate her for ever from the poorest and lowest of that onlooking multitude, beside whose poverty and honesty her wealth and beauty fell away in torn and soiled fragments.</p> @@ -2783,14 +2743,14 @@ and with sudden, unexpected surprise.</p> <p>"His learned friend," he said, "had proved, beyond all shadow of doubt, the question of Miss Hildreth's identity with the lady, who, as -governess to Mrs. Newbold's little daughter, was known as Adèle Lamien. +governess to Mrs. Newbold's little daughter, was known as Adèle Lamien. It was not a point upon which they could for one moment disagree; he had no reason or desire to raise issue upon it; in fact, he not only acknowledged the identity, but had been cognizant of it from the outset. Miss Hildreth herself had no wish to dispute it; so far, indeed, from that being the case, he desired particularly to impress upon his honour the absolute truth of the assertion. Miss Hildreth was one and the same -person as that Adèle Lamien, who became Marianne Newbold's governess. He +person as that Adèle Lamien, who became Marianne Newbold's governess. He wished to keep this fact distinctly before them; it was a very important fact, as he would show them before he had finished."</p> @@ -2807,16 +2767,16 @@ established, he would go on to the next; and here he must just remind them of Mr. Munger's concise recapitulation of the case. They were not there on any other business than that of proving, or disproving, the legality of the warrant on which Miss Hildreth had been arrested, as -also of proving the identity of Miss Hildreth with that of Adèle Lamien, +also of proving the identity of Miss Hildreth with that of Adèle Lamien, or Lallovich, named in the warrant, who was charged with complicity in the murder of her husband, Count Stevan Lallovich. This was the only point at issue; all other points were extraneous, and they need not trouble themselves about them. Now, while he acknowledged frankly that Mr. Munger had proved the identity of Miss Hildreth with that of the -person received and known at the Folly as Adèle Lamien, he desired +person received and known at the Folly as Adèle Lamien, he desired humbly to submit one question to his honour. In establishing the -validity of this identity, how had they proved the identity of the Adèle -Lamien—Mrs. Newbold's governess—with that of the Adèle Lamien, or +validity of this identity, how had they proved the identity of the Adèle +Lamien—Mrs. Newbold's governess—with that of the Adèle Lamien, or Lallovich, who had murdered her quasi-husband, Count Stevan? He unhesitatingly declared that they had not established such identity in any particular.</p> @@ -2882,7 +2842,7 @@ and positive likeness in feature, form, and colouring. So pronounced indeed was it that both commented upon it. The impromptu visit lasted some hours, and on parting Miss Hildreth carried with her the name and rank of her chance acquaintance. She was known to her narrow, outside -world as Adèle Lamien, but she was in reality secretly married to Count +world as Adèle Lamien, but she was in reality secretly married to Count Stevan Lallovich, a near relative of the Tsar.</p> <p>"Being often at Court and mingling in Court society, it was not long @@ -2908,8 +2868,8 @@ morning both were flying across country, making straight for the frontier, protected by Miss Hildreth's passport for herself and maid, and by her unstinted use of money. In Paris they separated, Miss Hildreth continuing her journey to England, and embarking on board the -<i>Suisse</i>, of the International Line, as Adèle Lamien, for the express -purpose of turning the Russian police off the track. The real Adèle +<i>Suisse</i>, of the International Line, as Adèle Lamien, for the express +purpose of turning the Russian police off the track. The real Adèle Lamien, or Lallovich, remained under the protection of her mother's family, well-to-do people in the west of France."</p> @@ -2949,7 +2909,7 @@ Hildreth considered neither the danger nor the hazard, so long as there was a chance of escape for that cruelly-wronged woman, who had struck down the villain who ruined her.</p> -<p>"The crime committed by Adèle Lamien was an offence against the laws of +<p>"The crime committed by Adèle Lamien was an offence against the laws of man, and being such, she stood a criminal and fugitive in the eyes of men. But what should be said of the false-hearted traitor who had committed a far graver moral crime, when he killed for ever the soul and @@ -2958,7 +2918,7 @@ higher tribunal than any mere earthly one to answer, and before that eternal justice Stevan Lallovich had entered, with the guilt of moral murder fresh upon him.</p> -<p>"As he had already told his honour, Miss Hildreth parted from Adèle +<p>"As he had already told his honour, Miss Hildreth parted from Adèle Lamien in Paris, and although she kept up her disguise and name until she reached America, it was only to gain time for the poor fugitive, and to give a false scent to the police. On reaching New York Miss Hildreth @@ -2969,7 +2929,7 @@ desire on her part to remain quiet and unnoticed did not arise, as Mr. Munger would have them believe, from any criminal wish to keep her whereabouts unknown, but was the outcome of purely personal motives—motives he was not at liberty to divulge; but this much he -would say, these motives had nothing whatever to do with Adèle Lamien's +would say, these motives had nothing whatever to do with Adèle Lamien's movements; Miss Hildreth had indeed heard nothing from, or of, that lady since their parting.</p> @@ -2985,14 +2945,14 @@ in Miss Hildreth's opinion, made it necessary for her to adopt another character than her own; to enter, in fact, upon a little play-acting, in which she personated the sole character. What more natural than that she should make use of the name and disguise of the lady she had so lately -protected? As Adèle Lamien—a foreigner and dependent, with the +protected? As Adèle Lamien—a foreigner and dependent, with the suspicion of a tragic past to give effect to the present—she could enter without fear of detection upon the delicate mission she had marked out for herself.</p> <p>"The danger of such a personation never occurred to her; Miss Hildreth was not one always on the outlook for danger-signals. She desired to -borrow Adèle Lamien's name and story, the latter with modifications, for +borrow Adèle Lamien's name and story, the latter with modifications, for a certain length of time, and she did so, without thought of any possible evil arising therefrom. But, to carry out her project, Miss Hildreth was obliged to take some one person into her confidence, some @@ -3000,7 +2960,7 @@ one who, knowing the why and wherefore of this masquerading, would keep her secret intact while aiding and abetting her. And this some one she found in Mrs. Newbold. They had all heard Mrs. Newbold's statement; she acknowledged frankly that Miss Hildreth and her governess, known as -Adèle Lamien, were one and the same, that she had always known this to +Adèle Lamien, were one and the same, that she had always known this to be the case, and had given her countenance and support to the deception. But here he would remind them of Mrs. Newbold's refusal to give any reason for her collusion with Miss Hildreth, or any explanation of the @@ -3068,7 +3028,7 @@ entertaining similar doubts of Mdlle. Lamien. She, however, if they excepted Count Vladimir Mellikoff, would seem to have been the only one who had suspected a play within a play. Miss Hildreth's arrival was announced for the 2nd of May, and from the time of her advent, <i>in -propriâ personâ</i>, Mdlle. Lamien disappeared. Miss James had not failed +propriâ personâ</i>, Mdlle. Lamien disappeared. Miss James had not failed to make a note of this coincidence. Mr. Tremain's proposal to Mdlle. Lamien, whose reappearance took place after his <i>adieux</i> to Miss Hildreth, was made on the afternoon of the 5th of May, and from that day @@ -3092,19 +3052,19 @@ embroidered initials. To his mind there was nothing incriminating in this, the coincidence was a strange one, but nothing more. What was more likely than that during one of the frequent visits paid by Miss Hildreth to the villa outside St. Petersburg, she should have taken in mistake -one of the unfortunate Adèle Lamien's handkerchiefs, and, on seeing her +one of the unfortunate Adèle Lamien's handkerchiefs, and, on seeing her error, have remarked it carelessly with her own initials; or that after a time the bit of muslin should have found its way back to its rightful owner? As to the second handkerchief, that was a very simple riddle; Miss Hildreth had in her possession many articles of dress belonging to -Adèle Lamien, having required them in her first disguise as that lady. +Adèle Lamien, having required them in her first disguise as that lady. The note-paper was easily explained in the same way; he could himself prove that the penmanship was Miss Hildreth's, though slightly disguised. As to the conversation which took place in Mrs. Newbold's boudoir, and the latter lady's evident agitation during it, he would only ask his honour to consider the decidedly awkward position in which Mrs. Newbold was placed. She knew what the consequences would be were -Miss Hildreth's Quixotic protection of the real Adèle Lamien to become +Miss Hildreth's Quixotic protection of the real Adèle Lamien to become known, and she already had her suspicions regarding Count Mellikoff: she alone rightly estimated the danger run by Miss Hildreth in personating one who was a fugitive from justice.</p> @@ -3115,8 +3075,8 @@ bitter or treacherous as the enmity of a jealous woman. Might not the motive power of Miss James's conduct be found in the one word—jealousy? However, with that he had nothing to do. He begged again, and finally, to submit to his honour's consideration the point at issue; namely, the -proved identity of Miss Hildreth, not with the governess known as Adèle -Lamien, but with the real Adèle Lamien, the wife and murderer of Stevan +proved identity of Miss Hildreth, not with the governess known as Adèle +Lamien, but with the real Adèle Lamien, the wife and murderer of Stevan Lallovich, which identity he submitted, had in no particular been established. The warrant of arrest must therefore fall to the ground."</p> @@ -3149,30 +3109,30 @@ spared his insinuations as to the good faith of those opposing him; but he must say he failed to see how Mr. Mainwaring had established even one point in his elaborate theory.</p> -<p>"He had submitted that while Miss Hildreth was Adèle Lamien, still she -was not Adèle Lamien. Such reasoning sounded to him very like a page out +<p>"He had submitted that while Miss Hildreth was Adèle Lamien, still she +was not Adèle Lamien. Such reasoning sounded to him very like a page out of 'Alice in Wonderland,' where everything was not what it seemed, and seemed not what it was. Why did not Mr. Mainwaring bring forward proofs -to establish his theory of there being two Adèle Lamiens? Were they to +to establish his theory of there being two Adèle Lamiens? Were they to meekly accept this melodramatic story of Miss Hildreth's heroic championship of the wretched woman who had killed her lover, and not ask for proofs? Both Mr. Mainwaring and Mrs. Newbold had made a great show -of acknowledging Miss Hildreth as Adèle Lamien, the governess; and then +of acknowledging Miss Hildreth as Adèle Lamien, the governess; and then they asked his honour to accept the absurd tale of Miss Hildreth's -personating Adèle Lamien, only to further some foolish plot of her own +personating Adèle Lamien, only to further some foolish plot of her own devising, some personal intrigue that would not bear investigation.</p> -<p>"Either Miss Hildreth was or was not Adèle Lamien-Lallovich. She had -been proved to be the Adèle Lamien of the Folly, and had been +<p>"Either Miss Hildreth was or was not Adèle Lamien-Lallovich. She had +been proved to be the Adèle Lamien of the Folly, and had been acknowledged by Mr. Mainwaring as such, and yet now, forsooth, he wanted -to prove that while she was the one Adèle Lamien, she was not the real -Adèle Lallovich—not the Simon Pure article. It was about as logical a +to prove that while she was the one Adèle Lamien, she was not the real +Adèle Lallovich—not the Simon Pure article. It was about as logical a deduction as that of a child, who told you it either rained, or it did not rain; it did not rain, therefore it rained! Altogether too much time had been spent in such foolish arguments; on his side time was valuable, would his honour, therefore, make known his decision; a decision which could only be made in one way, and end this farce by declaring in favour -of the validity of the warrant, and the identity of the Adèle Lamien, +of the validity of the warrant, and the identity of the Adèle Lamien, therein named, with the lady calling herself Miss Hildreth."</p> <p>Mr. Munger's harsh voice threw out his words energetically, while he @@ -3213,7 +3173,7 @@ statements of the morning through one witness only.</p> <p>"He had," he said, "been jumped upon so summarily by his learned friend, Mr. Munger, almost before he had finished his few remarks—he could not dignify them by calling them a speech—that he had had neither time nor -opportunity in which to introduce this <i>vivâ voce</i> evidence. He might be +opportunity in which to introduce this <i>vivâ voce</i> evidence. He might be somewhat out of order in wishing to do so now; but, as to that, the entire examination had been conducted on purely informal lines. They had all understood why it had been so conducted, for, where such grave @@ -3221,9 +3181,9 @@ issues were at stake, it was not to be cavilled at if a few exceptions were given and taken."</p> <p>As he understood, the present position of affairs stood in this wise. -Could he prove that there were two Adèle Lamiens, or rather that Miss -Hildreth, in personating Adèle Lamien, had in truth portrayed the only -Adèle Lamien, and that the whereabouts of that lady were known to him +Could he prove that there were two Adèle Lamiens, or rather that Miss +Hildreth, in personating Adèle Lamien, had in truth portrayed the only +Adèle Lamien, and that the whereabouts of that lady were known to him and could be substantiated? Should he establish this, he supposed the charge against Miss Hildreth would be withdrawn. Doubtless the story he had related to them, did sound incredible and marvellous; but they must @@ -3231,21 +3191,21 @@ bear in mind that it was not given to every one to understand and appreciate the higher gifts of heroism and courage. Mr. Munger had clearly pointed out that what was required were proofs, proofs and nothing but proofs. As he had said, truly, either Miss Hildreth was, or -was not, the woman, Adèle Lamien, wanted by the Russian police. If she -was proved not to be Adèle Lamien, then she would be released from her +was not, the woman, Adèle Lamien, wanted by the Russian police. If she +was proved not to be Adèle Lamien, then she would be released from her present painful position, and would go out from this examination without a stain upon her character. On the other hand, if this point was not established, but remained doubtful, or if she was proved -circumstantially to be Adèle Lamien, then her fate was a hard one +circumstantially to be Adèle Lamien, then her fate was a hard one indeed; she had only the tender mercies of the Russian law to look to.</p> <p>Mr. Munger had seen fit to taunt him with his frank acknowledgment of -Miss Hildreth's personation of Adèle Lamien; he had, indeed, made very +Miss Hildreth's personation of Adèle Lamien; he had, indeed, made very merry over his childish logic. He could not hope to emulate Mr. Munger's flow of rhetoric, still he could and would meet Mr. Munger's demand for proofs, by introducing certain conclusive testimony. He would put aside all extraneous matter, whether personal or otherwise, and stick to one -or two points only. Was there another Adèle Lamien, beside Miss +or two points only. Was there another Adèle Lamien, beside Miss Hildreth, who was the real criminal, and if so, where was she to be found? If he established these two points he should consider the question of identity definitely disposed of. He would now produce his @@ -3289,16 +3249,16 @@ most injure the Count. No one told him to hold his tongue twice, for nothing.</p> <p>Yes, he was ready solemnly to swear that the young lady, Miss Hildreth, -was in no way identical with the fugitive, Adèle Lamien, the murderer of -Stevan Lallovich. He had at one time often seen Adèle Lamien; there was +was in no way identical with the fugitive, Adèle Lamien, the murderer of +Stevan Lallovich. He had at one time often seen Adèle Lamien; there was a strong resemblance between her and Miss Hildreth; but he knew for a -certainty that Miss Hildreth was not Adèle Lamien, and that Adèle Lamien +certainty that Miss Hildreth was not Adèle Lamien, and that Adèle Lamien was, at the time he quitted Russia, in Petersburg, where she still remained. He did not know this when he first came to Count Mellikoff; but he did know it for a fact now, and he was quite ready to bear out this statement; and, what was more, he could prove that Count Mellikoff was not unaware of this fact; that he had indeed been warned by the -Chancellerie of Adèle Lamien's presence in Petersburg, which had been +Chancellerie of Adèle Lamien's presence in Petersburg, which had been sworn to by a member of the council, though, so far, they had not been able to verify the report. He could not say why Count Mellikoff had paid no heed to the warning and discredited it; it had come straight enough @@ -3313,7 +3273,7 @@ haste in the matter; she had seemed consumed with hatred of Miss Hildreth. Oh, yes, he knew quite well what it meant to hate any one; he hated Count Mellikoff, and was glad to pay him back for some of his haughty insolence. He had known from the beginning of the inquiry that -Miss Hildreth was not Adèle Lamien, but he had had no absolute proof of +Miss Hildreth was not Adèle Lamien, but he had had no absolute proof of it until that morning. He had gone to Mr. Mainwaring and told him what he was now telling his Excellency. Mr. Mainwaring had asked him for proofs, but he had none then, only the proof of his inward convictions. @@ -3332,7 +3292,7 @@ Chancellerie cipher to make it out. It was sent by one Paul Patouchki, who was the chief of the Chancellerie Council, and it ran to this effect:</p> -<p>"The woman, Adèle Lamien, arrested this evening in the Nevski. She +<p>"The woman, Adèle Lamien, arrested this evening in the Nevski. She attempts no defence. Your presence before the Council peremptory. Return immediately."</p> @@ -3401,7 +3361,7 @@ impossible to bear.</p> <p>And yet, despite all this mad tumult going on within him, he still was conscious of standing up and answering Judge Anstice in his usual controlled voice. The Italian Mattalini had perfectly translated the -cipher, the message ran as he had said. A person called Adèle Lamien had +cipher, the message ran as he had said. A person called Adèle Lamien had been arrested in Petersburg; he should immediately demand further confirmation of the matter; in the meantime he left the custody of Miss Hildreth in the hands of the Bench. He had no statement to make; he had @@ -3481,7 +3441,7 @@ doubt him in one particular, he could doubt him in all. Ivor had set alight such a train of implacability as even he would have hesitated to fire, could he have foreseen its consequences; for with the downfall of Patouchki's perspicuity came his resolve, to punish the one who had thus -dared to set at naught his judgment, and who by playing the rôle of +dared to set at naught his judgment, and who by playing the rôle of deceiver had inflicted on his self-love so dire a wound.</p> <p>It was well for Vladimir Mellikoff that he could not see the chief's @@ -3493,7 +3453,7 @@ line. And so he sat for hours, his busy fingers idle, his active brain absorbed in bitter contemplation of broken trust and ruined faith.</p> <p>It had appeared to Ivor an easy and simple task to track and find the -poor fugitive, Adèle Lallovich. Petersburg and its environs covered a +poor fugitive, Adèle Lallovich. Petersburg and its environs covered a considerable area, it was true; but these, when compared with Paris or London, sank into insignificance, and yet every day fugitives from justice were hunted down and trapped in those great cities, whose @@ -3510,7 +3470,7 @@ agent of the Chancellerie.</p> <p>But day succeeded day, and week followed on week, without the least success attending his efforts. Either he had mistaken a chance likeness in some transient worshipper at St. Isaac's for the fugitive, or else -Adèle Lallovich had again made good her escape across the frontier. Each +Adèle Lallovich had again made good her escape across the frontier. Each day Patouchki looked at him with the same strange, hard expression, as he asked:</p> @@ -3553,7 +3513,7 @@ building up vast schemes for its future greatness.</p> <p>And Ivor stayed because his self-imposed task was not yet accomplished, and because he felt the time growing daily shorter, when, unless he -could redeem his word and find the woman Adèle Lallovich, his rival +could redeem his word and find the woman Adèle Lallovich, his rival would return and snatch his prize from out his very arms.</p> <p>Therefore he waited and he watched with a dogged patience and @@ -3566,7 +3526,7 @@ speedy return to Petersburg.</p> <p>Ivor felt the situation to be critical, and yet was unable to force the march of events. So far his every effort had miscarried; each well-laid -plan, each secret scheme had but resulted in failure. Adèle Lallovich +plan, each secret scheme had but resulted in failure. Adèle Lallovich seemed to have as completely vanished from out the orbit of his machinations, as though she had never come within that of his vision.</p> @@ -3579,7 +3539,7 @@ meet the slow, cold smile that curled the chief's lips at the monotony of his negative reply. He knew, too, that this was the day appointed in America for the examination of the warrant papers, under which Count Mellikoff had effected the arrest of a certain person calling herself -Adèle Lamien, and should this inquiry terminate in the establishment of +Adèle Lamien, and should this inquiry terminate in the establishment of the woman's identity with the murderer of Stevan Lallovich, Mellikoff would lose no time in starting for Russia; and, when once on the ground, and his influence over Patouchki restored, what would become of his, @@ -3664,14 +3624,14 @@ out one end of it; she put up her hand to catch it, turning a little as she did so, and there, in the half lights, partially concealed by the black folds surrounding it, Ivor saw again the face that had haunted him for so many months; the face he had seen wild and haggard and imploring -at the great door of St. Isaac's—the face of Adèle Lallovich!</p> +at the great door of St. Isaac's—the face of Adèle Lallovich!</p> <p>His first impulse in his excitement was to cry out, to speak to her, to stop her further progress, to make her his prisoner by violence if necessary, to force her to accompany him to the Chancellerie. Then as swiftly reason reasserted itself, and he determined to do nothing rash; he had no power to arrest, he would but give her another chance of -escape if he raised a street <i>émeute</i> against her. He understood too +escape if he raised a street <i>émeute</i> against her. He understood too well the organised power of the Nihilists; at one cry from this woman a dozen defenders would spring to her assistance; she would be rescued before his very eyes, and he should get but a fool's recompense for his @@ -3718,7 +3678,7 @@ behind them.</p> itself from the surrounding gloom. She held a lamp high up above her head, from which the close black bonnet had been removed. And thus looking down upon them, calm and unsuspecting, they saw the beautiful -face of the fugitive Adèle Lallovich.</p> +face of the fugitive Adèle Lallovich.</p> <p>For, indeed, she was still very beautiful, despite the lines passion and pain had graven on her forehead, and about her eyes. The eyes themselves @@ -3754,14 +3714,14 @@ tremble of weakness made its flame flicker, or grow dim.</p> <p>And now Patouchki laid his hand upon her shoulder.</p> -<p>"You are Adèle Lamien," he said, in his harsh, bullet-like tones, "and +<p>"You are Adèle Lamien," he said, in his harsh, bullet-like tones, "and as such I arrest you, for the murder of Count Stevan Lallovich."</p> <p>She made no gesture either of assent or dissent, she only looked at him, with all her soul in her wonderful eyes. Then she spoke slowly and with deliberation.</p> -<p>"I am Adèle Lallovich," she said, "I recognise no other name."</p> +<p>"I am Adèle Lallovich," she said, "I recognise no other name."</p> <p>"That makes small difference," replied Patouchki. "I must trouble you, madam, to accompany me."</p> @@ -3769,7 +3729,7 @@ madam, to accompany me."</p> <p>Again she raised her beautiful eyes to his, and spoke, this time a little wildly.</p> -<p>"I am Adèle Lallovich—and I killed him—my husband—with my own hand."</p> +<p>"I am Adèle Lallovich—and I killed him—my husband—with my own hand."</p> <p>Then she turned, and walked with quick steps across a narrow hall, where on a peg hung her black cloak and bonnet. She set down the lamp, and @@ -3807,7 +3767,7 @@ sounded the death-knell to Vladimir Mellikoff's love and hope.</p> <p>Not many hours passed after that dramatic scene in the court-room, in which the Italian, Mattalini, played so conspicuous a part, before ample confirmation of his statement came over the ocean telegraph, -establishing beyond all question of doubt the arrest of the real Adèle +establishing beyond all question of doubt the arrest of the real Adèle Lamien, and the innocence of Patricia Hildreth.</p> <p>As John Mainwaring had said, his theory once confirmed, all shred of @@ -3943,7 +3903,7 @@ did doubt you, Patricia."</p> <p>"That, as you know, is not the subject to which I referred just now. You may put me by with subterfuge and raillery, Patricia, but I shall always come back to my point, again and again. Patty, what was your -reason for personating that most miserable woman, Adèle Lamien? What was +reason for personating that most miserable woman, Adèle Lamien? What was your inducement for imposing upon all at the Folly? What was your motive in wishing to deceive me?"</p> @@ -3959,7 +3919,7 @@ But how can I think otherwise, if you will not help me to do so? How can I put any other construction upon your conduct, save that of wilful and wanton cruelty, when I remember, that twice as Miss Hildreth, you refused me, scorning my love; and then, that only a few short hours -afterwards, as Adèle Lamien you accepted me, and all I had to +afterwards, as Adèle Lamien you accepted me, and all I had to offer—accepted me, with a lie upon your lips, and deceit in your smile. Have you no explanation to give me, Patricia? Oh, my dear, I will accept any pretext you may offer; only make some little excuse, no matter how @@ -3991,7 +3951,7 @@ your own opinion, and I must be judged and sentenced according to it."</p> <p>"But, Patricia," urged Mr. Tremain, "I ask for so little. Will you not at least assure me, that it was no more wanton motive than love of conquest and power of coquetry, that led you to deceive me, and draw -from me that mad proposal, which you, as Adèle Lamien, were pleased to +from me that mad proposal, which you, as Adèle Lamien, were pleased to triumph in against your own proper self? My dear, give me but one such assurance, I will be content, I will ask for nothing more."</p> @@ -4029,7 +3989,7 @@ burst into a passionate storm of tears.</p> <p>The first was contained in a short paragraph, supplemented by a long leader, stating that evidence having been received from Russia, -confirming the arrest of the real criminal, Adèle Lamien, or Lallovich, +confirming the arrest of the real criminal, Adèle Lamien, or Lallovich, the conspiracy against Miss Hildreth had fallen to the ground, and she had been released from her very unpleasant and unjust position. Miss Hildreth, on leaving Ludlow Street Jail, had immediately retired to her @@ -4128,7 +4088,7 @@ all."</p> <p>"But, surely, my dear Esther, you must admit I had a little show of reason on my side," said Mr. Tremain, more quickly. "You must acknowledge that Patricia's conduct in refusing me repeatedly, as Miss -Hildreth, and then accepting me, as Adèle Lamien, requires a little +Hildreth, and then accepting me, as Adèle Lamien, requires a little explanation. It is not over pleasant to one's <i>amour propre</i> to feel that one has been duped; but to have been duped wantonly, is more than unpleasant—it approaches insult."</p> @@ -4137,7 +4097,7 @@ unpleasant—it approaches insult."</p> replying; when she spoke it was in a far graver and more serious manner.</p> <p>"And have you no idea, Philip, why Patricia played this somewhat ignoble -rôle? Cannot you form some theory concerning it?"</p> +rôle? Cannot you form some theory concerning it?"</p> <p>Mr. Tremain shook his head.</p> @@ -4188,12 +4148,12 @@ meanwhile from under its friendly shade.</p> <p>"And this was Patricia's plan. She would come down to the Folly, ostensibly as Mimi's governess, and as such she was to be introduced to -you. I was to tell the story of Adèle Lallovich, more or less modified, +you. I was to tell the story of Adèle Lallovich, more or less modified, as if it were her own, and she was to strive to win your interest and regard, despite the damaging evidences of so black a past. 'I will conquer him yet,' she said, 'he shall not escape me always; and then, when he has acknowledged himself vanquished, when he has laid down his -pride and his superiority for the sake of Adèle Lamien, why then, it +pride and his superiority for the sake of Adèle Lamien, why then, it will be my turn to scorn and reject him, and he shall understand what it is to make advances and be repulsed.' She was very angry, Philip, and hard and desperate; and I was obliged to yield to her wishes for fear of @@ -4208,14 +4168,14 @@ drops as they fell, with rhythmic measure, into the marble basin.</p> <p>Mrs. Newbold continued.</p> <p>"And then at last you came, Philip; and the rest was easy work, because -from the very first, you were apparently strangely attracted to Adèle +from the very first, you were apparently strangely attracted to Adèle Lamien, and I felt almost righteous when I saw how well all was working as we had planned. Patricia came to me the evening of the day you left the Folly, and falling on her knees beside me, told me of her interview -with you, as Adèle Lamien. She cried and laughed and was girlishly happy +with you, as Adèle Lamien. She cried and laughed and was girlishly happy over it, because, as she said, she could see all the time, even when you were urging your suit most impetuously, she could see that it was not -Adèle Lamien you really loved, but she—in her own proper +Adèle Lamien you really loved, but she—in her own proper person—Patricia Hildreth. 'Oh, Esther,' she cried, 'I know, I know he loves me! And now, oh, how shall I ever face him; how shall I ever tell him by what subterfuge and deceit I have won him from—myself? Oh, @@ -4229,7 +4189,7 @@ moved a step or two nearer to him.</p> <p>"And then you know," she went on, "our party broke up, and Patricia left me. She promised me she would lose no time, she would write and tell you all; she would keep nothing back, she would restore your pledge to you, -which she held as Adèle Lamien, and she would ask nothing from you but +which she held as Adèle Lamien, and she would ask nothing from you but your forgiveness. You who know Patricia's proud nature, can realise how difficult such a confession would be for her; and indeed, Philip, she would have carried out her purpose had I been able to keep near her. @@ -4239,7 +4199,7 @@ of his eyes, the lash of his words. I cannot tell him that I deceived him, wantonly and cruelly, and of set purpose. My dear, I love him, and yet see what my love has brought me to. Do you think he could ever believe in it, or me, or trust to it, or me, again? No, let me say -nothing; let me drift out of his life. As Adèle Lamien I can easier bear +nothing; let me drift out of his life. As Adèle Lamien I can easier bear the certainty of his contempt, since I mean never to claim his promise, but as Patricia Hildreth I should die beneath the scorn of his just anger. I have been rightly punished for my wilfulness. Do not urge me @@ -4308,7 +4268,7 @@ heaven, "how long, O Lord, shall the wicked oppress us?" And in the pause that ensued between petition and answer, pleasure was stalked by blood-red fear, and distrust kept pace with merriment.</p> -<p>The Countess Vera had opened the season by a grand <i>bal costumé</i>, in the +<p>The Countess Vera had opened the season by a grand <i>bal costumé</i>, in the huge palace of her name. It was the maddest of all the little Countess's mad freaks, for her guests were to come attired as beasts of the forest, the chase, and the field. Grizzlies from the Rockies elbowed white @@ -4408,7 +4368,7 @@ against a statesman's imperturbability. Alas! poor Vladimir!"</p> his most sanguine hopes. Olga was now his formally betrothed bride, and the marriage day was in the immediate future.</p> -<p>With the arrest of Adèle Lallovich in Petersburg, came the downfall of +<p>With the arrest of Adèle Lallovich in Petersburg, came the downfall of Mellikoff's mission, and the ruin of all his cleverly-laid schemes. He would reach Russia only to find his disgrace had preceded him, and only to find distrust and displeasure on every side. He too well knew the @@ -4461,7 +4421,7 @@ sealed envelope, addressed in a clear, flowing hand.</p> <p>Vladimir glanced over the notes and cards, holding in his hand the while the huge ticket, covered with a Noah's Ark gallery, by which the -Countess Vera had invited her friends to her unique <i>bal costumé</i>. With +Countess Vera had invited her friends to her unique <i>bal costumé</i>. With a half smile on his lips, called out by the little Countess's vagaries, Vladimir caught sight of the note lying apart by itself, and in a moment his heart told him who was the sender.</p> @@ -4528,7 +4488,7 @@ dull swish of the Neva against its banks. Was he mistaken? Had he not heard aright? For a moment the wild beating of his heart threatened to overpower him, then as suddenly it grew still.</p> -<p>Drawn up within the shadow of the deep <i>porte-cochère</i>, standing out +<p>Drawn up within the shadow of the deep <i>porte-cochère</i>, standing out black and distinct against the white background, stood a covered droschky; the horses' flanks steaming in the chill air, the lamps carefully shaded. A figure stood beside the vehicle, wrapped in a heavy @@ -4621,7 +4581,7 @@ sunshine.</p> failure; of wrongs unrighted, of crimes unavenged, of evils unremedied. Let it go, let it go! "Ring out the false, ring in the true!" Welcome this jocund New Year, this youngster, with the rosy cheeks and sturdy -limbs, this herald of a new <i>régime</i>, this hopeful progeny of a decrepit +limbs, this herald of a new <i>régime</i>, this hopeful progeny of a decrepit past!</p> <p>It wanted but half an hour to mid-day, and already the approaches to St. @@ -4648,7 +4608,7 @@ the Tsar and Tsarina, who took this occasion to testify their friendship for the beautiful orphan, whose father had laid down his life in the service of Russia.</p> -<p>And now excitement reached the highest pitch, for the Imperial <i>cortège</i> +<p>And now excitement reached the highest pitch, for the Imperial <i>cortège</i> was in sight, each equipage drawn by four black horses, mounted by postillions, and accompanied by outriders. The Tsarina, looking fair and fresh and young, bowed her acknowledgments to right and left, smiling as @@ -4807,7 +4767,7 @@ hear is to be short enough. No trial for him, poor soul! He has played his game but ill, and we know, monsieur, you and I, what fate awaits one who has played to win for the Chancellerie and—lost. It's a dreary march to Siberia, even in the best of company; what must it be then when -one's companion is a murderer by confession? <i>Hélas</i>, poor Vladimir, you +one's companion is a murderer by confession? <i>Hélas</i>, poor Vladimir, you should not have failed; for to failure Patouchki is implacable, and for failure Russia can punish silently and surely. And so ends the farce, monsieur, or was it tragedy? But let me whisper one word—let him laugh @@ -4815,7 +4775,7 @@ loudest who wins last. There are evil days in store for Ivor, or I am no true prophet; and for his bride? Bah! she will get but what she deserves; I will leave her fate in the hands of the gods, whose mills, we are told, 'grind slowly, but with justice grind they all.' And, after -all, her beauty will not last. <i>Sans adieu, monsieur, à tantôt.</i>"</p> +all, her beauty will not last. <i>Sans adieu, monsieur, à tantôt.</i>"</p> <p>Then with another laugh the little Countess flew away, and was lost in the undulations of the crowd.</p> @@ -4878,7 +4838,7 @@ chain that linked them together, and thus turned upon her companion in exile a face so beautiful, despite the marks passion and suffering had stamped upon it, that again Olga started, and drew back instinctively.</p> -<p>It was the face of Adèle Lamien, the murderer of Count Stevan Lallovich.</p> +<p>It was the face of Adèle Lamien, the murderer of Count Stevan Lallovich.</p> <p>In another moment the exiles were in full march, and Olga, straining her eyes to the utmost, could see nothing save an indistinct moving mass @@ -4890,7 +4850,7 @@ steps.</p> <p>Truly Ivor Tolskoi's vengeance was complete, when Patouchki's cruel sentence was carried out to the letter, and Vladimir Mellikoff, linked -to Adèle Lallovich, passed onward to that desolate Gehenna—Siberian +to Adèle Lallovich, passed onward to that desolate Gehenna—Siberian exile.</p> <p>For Russia never forgets, and Russia never forgives.</p> @@ -5014,12 +4974,12 @@ heaven had come down to them on the golden sunset clouds.</p> <p>"And so it was you, Patty," Philip says again, "who sang that very song that evening—how long ago it seems, dear—at the Folly; and it was your presence and your personality that influenced me so strongly, that drew -me to you as Adèle Lamien, and yet that perplexed and troubled and +me to you as Adèle Lamien, and yet that perplexed and troubled and almost frightened me?"</p> <p>"Yes, Philip, it was I," she answered. "And, do you know, through all my trickery and deceiving, it gave me keen delight to see how truly you did -love me; for, after all, Philip, even as Adèle Lamien, when I won your +love me; for, after all, Philip, even as Adèle Lamien, when I won your half avowal of love, I was scarcely treacherous, because it could be no treachery for Patty, to win you from—Patricia Hildreth."</p> @@ -5051,388 +5011,6 @@ close into his arms, and bending down to lay his lips on hers.</p> <p class="center">CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.</p> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Miss Hildreth, Volume 3 of 3, by -Augusta de Grasse Stevens - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MISS HILDRETH, VOLUME 3 OF 3 *** - -***** This file should be named 40433-h.htm or 40433-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/0/4/3/40433/ - -Produced by Robert Cicconetti and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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