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-Project Gutenberg's Chaste as Ice, Pure as Snow, by Charlotte Despard
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-Title: Chaste as Ice, Pure as Snow
-       A Novel
-
-Author: Charlotte Despard
-
-Release Date: November 22, 2018 [EBook #58324]
-
-Language: English
-
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-Produced by Clare Graham & Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature
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@@ -65,7 +40,7 @@ CONTENTS.
 
  I.      A PICTURE AND A FACE.
 
- II.     ADÈLE AND MARGARET.
+ II.     ADÈLE AND MARGARET.
 
  III.    A WOMAN FACE TO FACE WITH THE WORLD.
 
@@ -81,7 +56,7 @@ CONTENTS.
 
  IX.     ARTHUR'S SECRET.
 
- X.      HOW ADÈLE RECEIVES THE DISCLOSURE.
+ X.      HOW ADÈLE RECEIVES THE DISCLOSURE.
 
  XI.     A FACE AT THE WINDOW.
 
@@ -169,7 +144,7 @@ CONTENTS.
 
  VII.    THE WORK OF MARGARET'S MESSENGER BEGUN.
 
- VIII.   A TÊTE-À-TÊTE DINNER AT THE HOTEL.
+ VIII.   A TÊTE-À-TÊTE DINNER AT THE HOTEL.
 
  IX.     A TORMENTED SPIRIT.
 
@@ -399,7 +374,7 @@ At last, as it seemed, he had enough of it. Considering himself a
 sufficiently conspicuous object not to be lightly passed by by any who
 had once been favored with the honor of his acquaintance, he threw
 himself on one of the seats, fully determined to take no more trouble
-in the matter, but to leave the _dénouement_ to fate.
+in the matter, but to leave the _dénouement_ to fate.
 
 There was one other on the seat he had chosen, but our young gentleman,
 in spite of his small vanities, was too truly a gentleman to honor the
@@ -427,7 +402,7 @@ his shoulder.
 
 CHAPTER II.
 
-_ADÈLE AND MARGARET._
+_ADÈLE AND MARGARET._
 
     In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.
 
@@ -527,7 +502,7 @@ I _must_ give her a little kiss before she awakes, as she will, I am
 sure, with the water. There, there, my beauty!" for the kiss seemed to
 be the most effectual remedy. Her eyelids quivered, causing thereby
 such excitement to Arthur that part of the contents of the glass of
-water he held fell over her feet, and Adèle--for that was the name of
+water he held fell over her feet, and Adèle--for that was the name of
 the young lady who had given such timely assistance--told him with mock
 indignation to go off, and not come again till he was called. Without
 a word Arthur turned away. He would scarcely have been so obedient the
@@ -537,17 +512,17 @@ he should be sent for by the ladies.
 
 For the first time in his life Arthur wished he had been a girl. His
 thoughts, to tell the truth, were rapidly becoming very sentimental.
-Adèle, happy Adèle! he thought of her with a new respect. She could
+Adèle, happy Adèle! he thought of her with a new respect. She could
 carry on these gentle ministries impossible to the rougher hands of
 men. With what tenderness and skill she had used her remedies! And then
 the kiss! Yes, women, after all, possessed certain advantages. And her
-first look would be for Adèle. If he had been more expert, it might
+first look would be for Adèle. If he had been more expert, it might
 have been for him. Had any one told Arthur, even an hour before, that
 he could ever have been jealous of his cousin, he would certainly have
 scorned the idea: he had always considered himself so vastly superior
 to women in general, and his pretty little playmate in particular. He
 had not much time, however, to indulge in these brilliantly novel
-ideas, for before many moments had passed Adèle appeared. "You may
+ideas, for before many moments had passed Adèle appeared. "You may
 offer her your arm," she said. "I want to get her out of this place as
 quickly as possible."
 
@@ -559,7 +534,7 @@ I handed it back to her. I fancy she is a widow, though she has not
 actually told me so. She is staying in lodgings at some distance. Poor
 thing! I am afraid she is very poor."
 
-Adèle's pretty face was clouded as she spoke, but she said no more, for
+Adèle's pretty face was clouded as she spoke, but she said no more, for
 they were very near the spot where Margaret had been left.
 
 "Margaret!" thought Arthur, "Margaret!" and the one word seemed to
@@ -578,7 +553,7 @@ the length of the galleries, I can find my way home without any more
 assistance."
 
 Her voice was almost as overpowering to Arthur as her face had been.
-He tried to stammer out a reply, when Adèle came happily to his
+He tried to stammer out a reply, when Adèle came happily to his
 assistance. Taking one of the lady's hands in her own, she said with
 gentle earnestness, "Pray allow me to manage for you. My cousin will
 tell you how much I like to arrange everything for my neighbors; it is
@@ -587,9 +562,9 @@ to be obedient. Mamma has sent the carriage for me, for she was not
 quite certain that I should meet Arthur. We can drive you to any point
 you like to mention. Please do not deny me this pleasure."
 
-The lady blushed again, but Adèle's gentle delicacy triumphed. She
+The lady blushed again, but Adèle's gentle delicacy triumphed. She
 bowed her head in acquiescence, and took Arthur's arm, leaning on it
-somewhat heavily, for she was still weak. Adèle walked on her other
+somewhat heavily, for she was still weak. Adèle walked on her other
 side, slightly supporting her from time to time; and so they passed
 through the gallery, with not many thoughts for the pictures, just as
 the daylight was beginning to wane.
@@ -641,9 +616,9 @@ possessed sufficient refinement of feeling to refrain from pressing
 the point. She seemed even to shrink from the prospect of any further
 acquaintance.
 
-"We live in different worlds," she said with a sad smile when Adèle,
+"We live in different worlds," she said with a sad smile when Adèle,
 in her girlish enthusiasm, pressed her to allow them at least to
-inquire after her. For Adèle was almost as much in love as her cousin,
+inquire after her. For Adèle was almost as much in love as her cousin,
 certainly more gushingly so; but there was no possibility of resisting
 the quiet firmness with which all efforts after further intimacy were
 set aside by the lady they had helped.
@@ -652,13 +627,13 @@ With warm thanks she bade them farewell, but they both noticed, with
 youth's sympathetic insight, that her eyelids drooped as though she had
 been weary, and her lips slightly quivered before she turned away.
 
-Adèle's eyes filled with tears, and Arthur had to swallow a most
+Adèle's eyes filled with tears, and Arthur had to swallow a most
 uncomfortable lump that seemed to impede his utterance. Then the
 cousins became more sympathetic than they had ever been before in
 discussing their adventure and forming theory after theory about the
 mysterious stranger.
 
-But Adèle was the talker, Arthur the listener, and perhaps his cousin's
+But Adèle was the talker, Arthur the listener, and perhaps his cousin's
 conversation had never before been so much to his mind.
 
 
@@ -790,7 +765,7 @@ disappointment. She was reviewing it all that evening--the rudeness,
 the repulses, the cruel cross-examinations; for with these came the
 fresher scenes which that day had brought--the chivalrous admiration
 that had shone out of Arthur's young eyes, the gentle, womanly
-tenderness of Adèle.
+tenderness of Adèle.
 
 Employers--so it seemed to poor Margaret; they were a very new class
 to her--were cast in a different mould. It was their duty to ask
@@ -1201,7 +1176,7 @@ the Robinson family and honor its traditions.
 
 "In the mean time," Mr. Robinson would say, opening the account-book,
 settlement or will which his lady-client had come to consult, and
-laughing out a clear hearty laugh which told of no _arrière-pensée_, "I
+laughing out a clear hearty laugh which told of no _arrière-pensée_, "I
 keep the young beggars in good order."
 
 Mr. Robinson was always very busy. If clients, ladies principally,
@@ -1343,11 +1318,11 @@ observer might have said, but Margaret was not an acute observer.
 
 She smiled and shook her head: "Quite impossible, Mr. Robinson. I never
 keep my letters, especially business ones. I _have_ been told that this
-habit is a bad one; but _à quoi bon?_ It is really too much trouble."
+habit is a bad one; but _à quoi bon?_ It is really too much trouble."
 
 The lawyer showed his teeth. "A lady's view of matters," he said
 briskly; "and, after all, full of common sense. Why _should_ you
-trouble yourself? However, to return _à nos moutongs_, as the French
+trouble yourself? However, to return _à nos moutongs_, as the French
 would say" (Mr. Robinson had spent a year in a French school, and
 considered himself a perfect master of the language), "I am happy to
 say that your affairs are likely to take a favorable turn. I have
@@ -1525,11 +1500,11 @@ Mrs. Churchill was his aunt. She had tended him in his infancy, as she
 often said pathetically to a circle of admirers; she had the first
 claim on his love and gratitude. The gratitude Mrs. Churchill was
 anxious to keep as her inalienable right in Arthur: the love she had
-already passed on to her daughter and representative, pretty Adèle.
+already passed on to her daughter and representative, pretty Adèle.
 
 And hitherto Arthur had shown himself dutifully content with the
 arrangement. He did not think much of girls as a class, and certainly
-Adèle was as good a specimen of them as he had ever met. Then he was
+Adèle was as good a specimen of them as he had ever met. Then he was
 accustomed to her; she generally knew how to keep him amused; she was
 pretty, lively and well dressed. Till Arthur met Margaret he had never
 admired a shabby person. In fact, he was languidly grateful to Aunt
@@ -1540,21 +1515,21 @@ Mrs. Churchill knew the world she lived in too well to allow such a
 thing as a tacit understanding between the cousins, which a young
 man's whim could break through in a moment. She did not intend that
 her daughter's first youth and beauty should be spent in a devotion
-which was destined to meet with no adequate return. Adèle was rich
+which was destined to meet with no adequate return. Adèle was rich
 and pretty--she would have no difficulty in meeting with a suitable
 partner; only to keep Arthur and his money in the family was desirable.
 Besides, he was young; he would make an amenable son-in-law; then
 he was already accustomed to the yoke--no small point this, in Mrs.
 Churchill's estimation.
 
-When, therefore, Adèle had reached the age of eighteen and Arthur
+When, therefore, Adèle had reached the age of eighteen and Arthur
 that of twenty--events which had happened almost simultaneously
 shortly before my story opens--Mrs. Churchill, as she fondly hoped
 and believed, put the finishing stroke to the edifice she had been
 forming. It had been her aim, during the few years that had passed
 since Arthur had emerged into young manhood, to make her house the most
 agreeable place in the world to him, and in this she had been eminently
-successful. Adèle had ably assisted her, for she, poor child! had
+successful. Adèle had ably assisted her, for she, poor child! had
 always cherished affection for her handsome cousin--an affection which
 the dawn of womanhood and her mother's fostering influence ripened
 without much difficulty into a tenderer feeling.
@@ -1568,7 +1543,7 @@ personal affection for her nephew seemed only to have increased; there
 was a tinge of gentle regret in her manner even while she appeared to
 be sending him from them.
 
-It was almost more inexplicable to Arthur than to Adèle and at last he
+It was almost more inexplicable to Arthur than to Adèle and at last he
 could bear it no longer.
 
 With the love of universal popularity so common to his age, he hated
@@ -1584,7 +1559,7 @@ of youth he extinguished his cigar and repaired in haste to Mrs.
 Churchill's handsome residence. He found her alone in her drawing-room,
 pensive but loftily kind, and soon extracted from her what she
 would so much rather have kept to herself--that she was acting in
-Adèle's interests; the dear girl was impressionable, the relationship
+Adèle's interests; the dear girl was impressionable, the relationship
 dangerous; much as she loved her nephew, she must not forget that a
 mother's first duty was to watch over her child; and much more of a
 like nature, to all of which Arthur listened dutifully. Of course
@@ -1592,22 +1567,22 @@ he was no match for his aunt; before the evening of that day had
 arrived he occupied the position of an accepted lover, blessed by
 a happy parent, and possessed what perhaps, on some future day, he
 might possibly be led to imagine the dear-bought privilege of a free
-_entrée_ into Aunt Ellen's house. Since then matters had progressed
-satisfactorily, as far as Mrs. Churchill was concerned, though Adèle,
+_entrée_ into Aunt Ellen's house. Since then matters had progressed
+satisfactorily, as far as Mrs. Churchill was concerned, though Adèle,
 who took almost a motherly interest in her lover and future husband,
 was inclined to lament the absolute aimlessness of his life.
 
 Women, generally speaking, have a quicker mental growth than men. The
 mind of a girl of eighteen is in many cases more mature than that
 of a man of twenty. Arthur had passed his twenty years without much
-thought beyond himself. Adèle, with the like luxurious surroundings,
+thought beyond himself. Adèle, with the like luxurious surroundings,
 had already begun to look past herself--to feel that there was a world
 of which she knew nothing, but with which, nevertheless, she was very
 closely connected--a world of want and suffering, where wrong was too
 often triumphant.
 
 She was fond of reading. Perhaps some of these thoughts had crept in
-through the medium of poet and historian. For Adèle's insight told her
+through the medium of poet and historian. For Adèle's insight told her
 that there were many higher and nobler lives for a man and woman to
 lead than that of self-pleasing. She sometimes longed to be a man, that
 she might do something worth doing in a world that wanted the active
@@ -1617,13 +1592,13 @@ have been less desponding about a woman's ability to take some place in
 the world.
 
 For the rest she looked to Arthur, the hero of her imagination.
-Poor Adèle! Her hero did not quite see as she did the necessity for
+Poor Adèle! Her hero did not quite see as she did the necessity for
 exertion. He took life languidly, and could not conceive why people
 should excite themselves about what did not concern them; at least this
 was what he always said when she tried to instill into him some of her
 ideas about human wrongs and human service.
 
-But Adèle did not despair; she had a woman's supreme faith in "the
+But Adèle did not despair; she had a woman's supreme faith in "the
 to-come." Something would arouse Arthur's dormant energies and bring
 out the latent fire of his nature.
 
@@ -1634,7 +1609,7 @@ picture-galleries to a growing restlessness that meant uneasiness
 with the aimless life of self-gratification he was leading and a
 stretching-out after something higher.
 
-And Adèle was partially right. Arthur was changed. Perhaps it was more
+And Adèle was partially right. Arthur was changed. Perhaps it was more
 the sadness than the beauty of that fair woman's face which haunted him
 so strangely, mingling with all his thoughts a certain self-reproach
 which he found it very difficult to understand.
@@ -1654,10 +1629,10 @@ himself, self-indulgent, careless, free of hand, light of spirit, with
 no thought, in a general way, beyond the enjoyment of the present hour.
 
 Often before Arthur had expressed something of this: lolling in a
-luxurious arm-chair with his feet on the fender, while Adèle amused him
+luxurious arm-chair with his feet on the fender, while Adèle amused him
 by a song or read to him something that had been charming her, he would
 say with a comfortable sigh, "What a good-for-nothing sort of fellow I
-am, Adèle!"
+am, Adèle!"
 
 But then he had scarcely felt it, or if he had it had been only with a
 kind of impression that the good-for-nothingness sat elegantly on the
@@ -1679,7 +1654,7 @@ place she had persistently denied herself to him; in the second place
 her wrongs might prove to be such as he would find himself utterly
 unable to redress.
 
-He was bound to Adèle, and if it had not been so he felt instinctively
+He was bound to Adèle, and if it had not been so he felt instinctively
 that he was scarcely a suitable husband for the beautiful widow.
 (Arthur had made up his mind that Margaret _was_ a widow.) Under
 such circumstances, even if so minor an evil as poverty were her
@@ -1687,7 +1662,7 @@ trouble, there would be a certain incongruity in offering her half his
 fortune, and she would probably resent such a step. He could offer it
 anonymously, but even in such case it would be quite possible that she
 might think it right to decline acceptance, and Mrs. Churchill would
-reasonably consider Adèle and any children she might have wronged by
+reasonably consider Adèle and any children she might have wronged by
 the proceeding. Arthur, in fact, had wandered into a maze whence there
 really seemed to be no exit. His only hope was to see Margaret again.
 One more glimpse of her fair face might do more toward unravelling the
@@ -1848,7 +1823,7 @@ deference, all her fears would be set at rest, had been rehearsed again
 and again in colloquy between himself and a Margaret evoked by his
 dream; but when the moment had come, when the real Margaret was near,
 all his plans vanished like mists before the sun--he was bashful and
-timid as a young _débutante_. Instead of emerging from the crowd which
+timid as a young _débutante_. Instead of emerging from the crowd which
 seemed to swallow up his identity and claiming acquaintance with her,
 he drew farther back into its friendly shelter. He could not address
 her yet, he said to himself; he must seize the opportunity of gazing
@@ -2027,7 +2002,7 @@ lost all chance of finding out more about her--this was the vague
 way in which his plans were laid--or that something had delayed her,
 another fainting-fit perhaps. The bare idea maddened him; he put his
 hand to his head, he felt dizzy; this was very different from his
-nonchalant waiting for Adèle a few days previously, even from that
+nonchalant waiting for Adèle a few days previously, even from that
 daily hope--calm through all its earnestness--of looking once more on
 the face of his ideal.
 
@@ -2235,13 +2210,13 @@ sofa--"an enormous time, as young ladies would say, for one subject to
 engross them, especially in this age of progress."
 
 "I suppose it would be absurd to imagine that _you_ even remember,
-Master Arthur," replied Adèle, quite equal to the occasion--"_boys_, as
+Master Arthur," replied Adèle, quite equal to the occasion--"_boys_, as
 mamma always says, are _so_ volatile."
 
 "Boys!" Arthur shrugged his shoulders contemptuously. "You are very
-polite to-day, Adèle."
+polite to-day, Adèle."
 
-There was a shade of annoyance in his voice, which made Adèle look up
+There was a shade of annoyance in his voice, which made Adèle look up
 at him, for she was a kind little lady who never carried her jokes too
 far. The result of the look was a rapid movement from her side of the
 sofa to Arthur's, and an earnest inquiry: "Arthur dear, something is
@@ -2251,12 +2226,12 @@ For Arthur's face was pale, and there was a wan, anxious contraction on
 his broad white brow.
 
 His only answer was a faint smile. Then, after a pause, "You were
-reading, Adèle. Oh!" lifting the book from the small reading-table
-that stood conveniently near the sofa, "_The Faërie Queene_. I thought
+reading, Adèle. Oh!" lifting the book from the small reading-table
+that stood conveniently near the sofa, "_The Faërie Queene_. I thought
 it would be something of the kind. Read some of it aloud, like a good
 girl; I'm too done up with this hot weather to talk just now."
 
-"Poor old fellow!" Adèle smoothed back his curly hair and imprinted
+"Poor old fellow!" Adèle smoothed back his curly hair and imprinted
 a kiss, that did not seem to excite her cousin particularly, between
 his temples. "Your forehead is so hot, dear, let me bathe it with
 eau-de-cologne for you."
@@ -2268,10 +2243,10 @@ invalid.
 
 "There," he said at last, "that'll do, dear; you can read now."
 
-And the obedient Adèle, having first carefully lowered one of the
+And the obedient Adèle, having first carefully lowered one of the
 Venetian blinds that no glare might offend her cousin's eyes, proceeded
 to read her favorite book in a soft, measured cadence that suited it
-admirably. There was no stumbling over the old English words. Adèle was
+admirably. There was no stumbling over the old English words. Adèle was
 so thoroughly acquainted with the style that the quaint language came
 naturally from her lips, even with a kind of delicate grace. Love had
 given her the art, for she loved, more than any book she had ever read,
@@ -2292,14 +2267,14 @@ his lady's bower after some terrible encounter with the many-headed,
 many-handed monster from whom it was his grand mission to free humanity
 in general, fair womankind in particular.
 
-But the afternoon wore away. Adèle had just finished the account of a
+But the afternoon wore away. Adèle had just finished the account of a
 mighty encounter between Arthur of the magic sword and three unknightly
 knights who had attacked him together.
 
 It had apparently aroused Arthur, for he rose suddenly and stood by her
 side, looking down upon her with a certain earnestness.
 
-"Shut the book for the present, Adèle," he said, "I am ready to talk
+"Shut the book for the present, Adèle," he said, "I am ready to talk
 now; it has awoke me."
 
 "What has awoke you, dear?"
@@ -2310,7 +2285,7 @@ you so anxious to say to me when I came in just now?"
 "Oh, Arthur, you cannot surely have forgotten. I wanted to speak to you
 about that beautiful fainting lady in the Academy."
 
-"Perhaps I have _not_ forgotten, Adèle." Arthur turned away from his
+"Perhaps I have _not_ forgotten, Adèle." Arthur turned away from his
 cousin as he spoke, for he did not wish her to see the sudden flush
 which not all the proud consciousness of manhood and superiority had
 been strong enough to restrain.
@@ -2318,7 +2293,7 @@ been strong enough to restrain.
 "Well," he continued after a pause, as his cousin remained thoughtfully
 silent, "I _do_ remember; but what of her?"
 
-"I have been thinking of her, Arthur." Adèle's eyes looked sorrowful.
+"I have been thinking of her, Arthur." Adèle's eyes looked sorrowful.
 "And whenever I think of her I remember those miserable houses, the
 shabby black dress and the quiet sadness in her face. Oh, Arthur, _do_
 you think it would be possible to help her in any way?"
@@ -2328,8 +2303,8 @@ interest. "Unfortunately," he added bitterly, "women have the habit of
 looking upon any attempt at friendliness in one of the opposite sex as
 a species of insult."
 
-This was rather too much for Adèle. With every respect for her cousin
-and fiancé, he was still too young, in her estimation, to be capable of
+This was rather too much for Adèle. With every respect for her cousin
+and fiancé, he was still too young, in her estimation, to be capable of
 exciting indignation in the breast of any woman. She laughed merrily:
 "I like your vanity, sir. As if any one could be insulted with you! You
 would have to pin on a false moustache, draw your hat over your brows
@@ -2338,17 +2313,17 @@ rough great coat up to your chin, before any one--any stranger, I
 mean--could imagine you even grown up. Why _I_ look ages older than
 you!"
 
-Adèle got up and looked at herself in the mirror.
+Adèle got up and looked at herself in the mirror.
 
 "Yes, _ages_!" she repeated, with provoking emphasis and in eager
 expectation of a delightful torrent of self-vindication from her
-cousin. They often indulged in this kind of wordy war, and Adèle's
+cousin. They often indulged in this kind of wordy war, and Adèle's
 feminine volubility and quickness of wit generally gave her the
 advantage.
 
 No answer came from Arthur to the rash challenge. He was standing
 behind her, not looking into the mirror, but, as though utterly
-unconscious of her light words, gazing away into vacancy. Adèle caught
+unconscious of her light words, gazing away into vacancy. Adèle caught
 sight of his face in the mirror, and a sudden silence seized her, for
 even as she spoke she saw that in her young cousin's face which warned
 her he was a boy no longer.
@@ -2371,7 +2346,7 @@ might be.
 She was too young and too inexperienced to understand all that
 this change, which she certainly felt, might mean; she could not
 reason about the new earnestness, nor trace it to any cause which
-he might think it well to hide, for Adèle was eminently generous
+he might think it well to hide, for Adèle was eminently generous
 and unsuspicious. She was accustomed to her cousin's light, boyish
 affection, and did not expect him to be a passionate lover; she was
 therefore ready with all her soul to rejoice in anything that would
@@ -2384,7 +2359,7 @@ approach him, how to gain his confidence at this time which the young
 girl instinctively felt to be critical in her cousin's history. If he
 had ambitious dreams, was it not right that she should share them? She
 had always been his confidante; the bare idea, indeed, of being shut
-out from any of Arthur's secrets gave Adèle keen pain.
+out from any of Arthur's secrets gave Adèle keen pain.
 
 Deciding at last that frankness was her best policy, she turned to her
 cousin and putting both hands on his shoulders looked earnestly into
@@ -2400,7 +2375,7 @@ to her voice.
 
 Then he looked down upon her:
 
-"Why do you wish so much to know, Adèle?"
+"Why do you wish so much to know, Adèle?"
 
 "Oh, Arthur, how can you ask?" Her voice trembled, she was very near
 tears. "Dear," she continued in a lower voice, taking his hand in
@@ -2412,19 +2387,19 @@ you should have any secret--"
 
 "That would pain you very much to know, little cousin."
 
-Adèle looked up bravely: "I should prefer to know it, Arthur--indeed
+Adèle looked up bravely: "I should prefer to know it, Arthur--indeed
 I should; I think, dear--I _think_--I could put myself out of the
 question altogether, and help you as a sister might."
 
 He did not notice the tremulousness, the slight choking of voice with
 which her brave little sentence ended.
 
-"I wish with all my heart that you were my sister, Adèle: then I could
+"I wish with all my heart that you were my sister, Adèle: then I could
 tell you without any hesitation."
 
-Adèle turned a little pale: "I _am_ your sister, Arthur. Tell me."
+Adèle turned a little pale: "I _am_ your sister, Arthur. Tell me."
 
-He looked down upon her kindly: "I will tell you, Adèle, for in these
+He looked down upon her kindly: "I will tell you, Adèle, for in these
 matters I believe frankness to be the best policy; and, after all, it
 may be only a dream. I was thinking of Margaret Grey."
 
@@ -2433,7 +2408,7 @@ may be only a dream. I was thinking of Margaret Grey."
 
 CHAPTER X.
 
-_HOW ADÈLE RECEIVES THE DISCLOSURE._
+_HOW ADÈLE RECEIVES THE DISCLOSURE._
 
                   The woman who loves should indeed
     Be the friend of the man that she loves. She should heed
@@ -2445,7 +2420,7 @@ And this, then, was the awakening? Like almost every thing in this
 wayward world of ours, it scarcely chimed in with the ideas and plans
 that had been formed concerning it.
 
-Adèle had often mourned her cousin's frivolity, but she was young and
+Adèle had often mourned her cousin's frivolity, but she was young and
 hopeful. He was only a boy, she had told herself. Some of the great
 things in the world--its art, its literature, its science, the grand
 sphere of politics or the grander field of benevolence--would sooner or
@@ -2475,17 +2450,17 @@ the friend of his youth and childhood: with _her_ he had remained a
 boy; her beautiful rival had roused the dormant fire within him, and
 suddenly the boy had put on his manhood.
 
-These were some of the thoughts that crowded bewilderingly on Adèle's
+These were some of the thoughts that crowded bewilderingly on Adèle's
 brain as they sat together on the sofa--she and her cousin--with his
 strange confession between them. _He_ was waiting to hear what she
 would say; _she_ was for the first few moments unable to speak. On the
-table before them lay the forgotten volume of the _Faërie Queene_; at
+table before them lay the forgotten volume of the _Faërie Queene_; at
 their feet, in sweet confusion, were the scattered flowers fallen from
-Adèle's lap. She sat perfectly still, her hands crossed and her eyes
+Adèle's lap. She sat perfectly still, her hands crossed and her eyes
 cast down; he looked at her with some earnestness, and perhaps a little
 surprise.
 
-Arthur's affection for Adèle was of a calm, brotherly kind, and he had
+Arthur's affection for Adèle was of a calm, brotherly kind, and he had
 always imagined that she cared for him in very much the same manner.
 
 Hitherto, indeed, he had not been in a position to gauge the heights
@@ -2511,16 +2486,16 @@ impulsive frankness.
 "Your love for Margaret Grey," she said gently, but not without a faint
 tremor in her voice.
 
-"Did I say I _loved_ her, Adèle?" It was Arthur's turn to speak with
+"Did I say I _loved_ her, Adèle?" It was Arthur's turn to speak with
 a trembling voice and flushed face, but these told his tale only too
 eloquently.
 
-"Not in so many words," replied Adèle; "but, dear, you have revealed
+"Not in so many words," replied Adèle; "but, dear, you have revealed
 your secret, and I am glad. It was like yourself, Arthur--frank and
 true. I might have guessed it before, for she is beautiful as a dream,
 like the lady Una; and I can imagine so well how a man's heart would go
 out to that kind of sadness and helplessness. I wish I had been a man;"
-Adèle sighed as she spoke; "but, perhaps, as a woman I shall be able
+Adèle sighed as she spoke; "but, perhaps, as a woman I shall be able
 to help you more. Strange--isn't it?--I was thinking of her, her face
 haunted me so, and longing to find out more about her--all for her own
 sake; now I will do it for yours."
@@ -2528,7 +2503,7 @@ sake; now I will do it for yours."
 The words were spoken very quietly and with a certain determination,
 that Arthur found it very difficult to understand.
 
-"But, Adèle," he stammered out, "you forget--"
+"But, Adèle," he stammered out, "you forget--"
 
 "That you and I are betrothed in a kind of way--is that what you mean?
 Thank you for thinking of it; but I should be grieved for _that_ to
@@ -2536,22 +2511,22 @@ stand in your way." She smiled a rather watery smile. "I promised not
 to be like Vivien, so, rather than make a prison of my spells, I shall
 cast them all to the winds." Then, more gravely, "We were too young,
 Arthur--I told my mother so--too young to know our own minds, as people
-say--at least you were." Here Adèle stopped suddenly; she was on the
+say--at least you were." Here Adèle stopped suddenly; she was on the
 point of betraying the secret which--brave little maiden!--she thought
 she had preserved so well. But her calmness had reassured Arthur.
 
-"You are right, Adèle," he answered gravely--and for the moment, with
+"You are right, Adèle," he answered gravely--and for the moment, with
 the unreasoning impulse of womanhood, she hated him for his quick
 acquiescence--"we were both too young; we had seen too little of the
 world; and even now I scarcely know how we ought to act. Our engagement
 has been announced; then my aunt--"
 
-Adèle smiled faintly: "It will be best to say nothing to mamma at
+Adèle smiled faintly: "It will be best to say nothing to mamma at
 present, nor to anybody; we can surely be what we have been to one
 another--brother and sister; we have never been more--we could not wish
 to be less."
 
-There was a tinge of bitterness in Adèle's voice as she said the last
+There was a tinge of bitterness in Adèle's voice as she said the last
 words, but the ears of very young men, when not quickened by any
 stronger feeling than brotherly affection, are not swift to catch these
 slight intonations.
@@ -2561,7 +2536,7 @@ more gently; "I shall still like to be the first to know everything
 that nearly concerns you."
 
 Her gentleness touched Arthur. He took one of her hands in his: "You
-shall always be what you are to me, Adèle--my dearest friend and
+shall always be what you are to me, Adèle--my dearest friend and
 counsellor. I shall come to you for advice and sympathy."
 
 She rose, and stooping began to collect the fallen flowers--a pretext
@@ -2572,7 +2547,7 @@ she was determined to show no weakness in her cousin's presence.
 fetch another vase from the breakfast-room, like a good old fellow. I
 have filled all here, and I want these up stairs."
 
-By the time her cousin had returned with the vase Adèle was herself
+By the time her cousin had returned with the vase Adèle was herself
 again. Grouping the flowers delicately, with clever fingers well
 accustomed to this kind of work, she began her gentle catechism: "Have
 you seen her again, Arthur?"
@@ -2580,19 +2555,19 @@ you seen her again, Arthur?"
 Perhaps it was a relief to him to unburden himself, to pour out to
 another the torrent of self-condemnation that had been oppressing him.
 
-"Don't ask me, Adèle," he said, pacing the room excitedly. "I am a
+"Don't ask me, Adèle," he said, pacing the room excitedly. "I am a
 wretch--a fool--an idiot! I mistook _her_--think of it! I wonder will
 she ever be able to bear the sight of me again? I took the advice of a
 villain, who knows nothing whatever about women like her."
 
-"What _can_ you mean, Arthur?" broke in Adèle, whose flowers had fallen
+"What _can_ you mean, Arthur?" broke in Adèle, whose flowers had fallen
 from her hands in her astonishment.
 
 He did not seem to hear the interruption. "I did knowingly what I knew
 would offend her," he continued, clenching his fists and drawing his
 brows together, as though challenging himself for his misconduct.
 
-Adèle sighed: "I _wish_ you would explain yourself, dear."
+Adèle sighed: "I _wish_ you would explain yourself, dear."
 
 "Explain myself!" Arthur came suddenly down from the heroic with a
 little laugh: "Ah, yes, by the bye, you don't know, and really it's not
@@ -2601,14 +2576,14 @@ to the Academy yesterday. _She_ was there, and I had the happiness of
 seeing her. She didn't see me, but while I was looking at her with
 feelings that you can imagine, Captain Mordaunt came up behind me."
 
-"Not at all a good companion for you, dear," interrupted Adèle with the
+"Not at all a good companion for you, dear," interrupted Adèle with the
 wise air of a little mother, but blushing, girl like, as she spoke, for
 Captain Mordaunt was an admirer of hers: he had once or twice seized a
 quiet opportunity of looking into her blue eyes in a way that offended
 as much as it bewildered her. "Please have nothing to do with him,
 Arthur," she continued pleadingly.
 
-"Why, Adèle, what have you against Captain Mordaunt? I thought you had
+"Why, Adèle, what have you against Captain Mordaunt? I thought you had
 only met him once or twice."
 
 "That once or twice was enough. He is one of those men who believe in
@@ -2617,7 +2592,7 @@ always think such people must be particularly bad themselves. But it's
 no use reasoning about it. I dislike Captain Mordaunt."
 
 "A case, in fact, of 'I do not like you, Doctor Fell,'" put in Arthur
-provokingly. "I shall send him to you when he wants a character, Adèle;
+provokingly. "I shall send him to you when he wants a character, Adèle;
 but, do you know, amongst ladies your opinion would be considered
 rather singular? I certainly have never been able to see what they find
 to admire in him."
@@ -2627,15 +2602,15 @@ But what did he say about her--Margaret Grey, I mean?"
 
 Arthur's manner grew excited again: "What he said was not so bad as
 what he implied with his odious hints. I was idiot enough to listen to
-him, to believe him partially. I disobeyed her, Adèle, and called on
+him, to believe him partially. I disobeyed her, Adèle, and called on
 her in that wretched place at Islington."
 
-Adèle looked up bewildered: "But I can't see why that should offend
+Adèle looked up bewildered: "But I can't see why that should offend
 her. Of course you were never properly introduced, but then the
 circumstances were peculiar, and she must have seen that we were
 tolerably respectable people."
 
-"What a simple, innocent little girl you are, Adèle!" said Arthur
+"What a simple, innocent little girl you are, Adèle!" said Arthur
 rather grandly. "You see what I say is quite true--with all your
 romantic notions you know nothing whatever of the world. I can't very
 well explain, as you don't seem to understand; but, anyway, what I did
@@ -2643,7 +2618,7 @@ was very stupid and wrong, and she showed me that in a moment. Oh, if I
 could tell you how she looked--so beautiful, so sad!"
 
 The remembrance was overpowering. Arthur hid his burning face in both
-his hands, and Adèle was silent. To her pure young heart this passion,
+his hands, and Adèle was silent. To her pure young heart this passion,
 which an older and more experienced woman would certainly have laughed
 to scorn, was a sacred thing.
 
@@ -2654,7 +2629,7 @@ There was a mournful incredulity in the boy's voice to which the young
 girl's heart responded. That he could ever _forget_ the infatuation
 seemed, for the moment, as impossible to one cousin as to the other.
 
-Neither of them spoke for some minutes, then Adèle raised to her cousin
+Neither of them spoke for some minutes, then Adèle raised to her cousin
 a face that was streaming with tears. "I can't help it, Arthur," she
 said simply, "and please don't think it's for myself. I have everything
 to make me happy. I was thinking of you and of her. You know they say
@@ -2694,7 +2669,7 @@ _A FACE AT THE WINDOW._
     In nothing of high-hearted fortitude.
 
 
-Adèle kept her word. She set her wits to work with such good effect
+Adèle kept her word. She set her wits to work with such good effect
 that the next morning found her and her cousin in the carriage, under
 the conduct of the stately coachman, on their way to that unfashionable
 locality, the neighborhood of Islington.
@@ -2705,23 +2680,23 @@ which, by Arthur's direction, they drove to the vicinity of The Angel,
 where carriage and coachman were left in waiting, the remainder of the
 way being made on foot for the sake of the preservation of their secret.
 
-It had been agreed between them that Adèle should pay a visit to
+It had been agreed between them that Adèle should pay a visit to
 Margaret, Arthur waiting for her at the entrance of the narrow street
 where she lodged. The object of her visit was in the present instance
 only to inquire after Mrs. Grey's health, to take a kindly interest
 in her welfare, and to try and persuade her to accept their offer of
 friendship: it had been decided between them that upon this occasion
-Arthur's name should not be mentioned. Adèle had taken upon herself the
+Arthur's name should not be mentioned. Adèle had taken upon herself the
 office of simply paving the way for further intercourse--of preventing
 Mrs. Grey from escaping them altogether. This, with her quiet tact
 and gentle sympathy, she did not despair of accomplishing, if fate
-would only be commonly propitious, for Adèle was really in earnest.
+would only be commonly propitious, for Adèle was really in earnest.
 Putting self out of the way, she had thrown herself heart and soul into
 her cousin's scheme, and all the more readily, it may be, from the
 affection which had arisen spontaneously in her own heart at the sight
 of Margaret's pure, calm beauty.
 
-Adèle was only eighteen, and eighteen is an impressionable age, open
+Adèle was only eighteen, and eighteen is an impressionable age, open
 not only to accesses of what is called the tender passion, but to
 feelings perhaps much tenderer and fairer, for the souls of the very
 young, especially among women, are keenly susceptible to the subtle
@@ -2739,12 +2714,12 @@ loveliness. It was only afterward that she discovered
     "How beauty is excelled by manly grace,
     And wisdom, which alone is truly fair."
 
-Adèle was in this first stage, and Margaret seemed to her the living
+Adèle was in this first stage, and Margaret seemed to her the living
 embodiment of all that had so often won and fascinated her in poetry
 and romance. The evident mystery that surrounded the fair stranger, her
 sadness, her lonely friendless position, all added to the spell.
 
-The first emotion of wounded self-love over, Adèle ceased to wonder at
+The first emotion of wounded self-love over, Adèle ceased to wonder at
 Arthur's desertion, or even to grieve over it, and was ready to go
 through fire and water for their common divinity.
 
@@ -2758,16 +2733,16 @@ small sitting-room without previous warning, and showed Margaret
 herself on her knees before an obstinate trunk, which apparently
 refused to be fastened. At the sound of the opening door she rose in
 some embarrassment, looked at the card which the girl had thrust into
-her hand, and then at Adèle, who was standing, with some hesitation in
+her hand, and then at Adèle, who was standing, with some hesitation in
 her manner, on the threshold of the room. The card had been an enigma,
-but Adèle's pleasant girlish face solved it in a moment.
+but Adèle's pleasant girlish face solved it in a moment.
 
 "Come in," she said warmly, going forward to meet her. "It is
 exceedingly kind of you to have thought of paying me a visit; but you
 find me in great disorder. Let me see," looking round the room; "I must
 try and find you an unoccupied chair."
 
-"Forgive me," said Adèle with gentle courtesy. "I know it is too early
+"Forgive me," said Adèle with gentle courtesy. "I know it is too early
 for a call, but ever since we met the other day I have been so anxious
 to see you once more, and this is the only time in the day when I can
 manage to come so far."
@@ -2780,7 +2755,7 @@ numerous, and they do not always come on such pleasant errands as
 yours. You see I am preparing for flight; I can really stand London no
 longer."
 
-Adèle's sympathetic eyes were fixed on Margaret's face. She gave a
+Adèle's sympathetic eyes were fixed on Margaret's face. She gave a
 little sigh: "Yes, I am sure it must be very lonely for you, living all
 by yourself here."
 
@@ -2790,7 +2765,7 @@ Laura to go about with me. Then (at least this is _my_ feeling) the
 loneliness of the country is very different from the loneliness of
 towns."
 
-"I can _quite_ understand that," said Adèle earnestly, "although I have
+"I can _quite_ understand that," said Adèle earnestly, "although I have
 very little experience of loneliness of any kind. I sometimes wish,
 indeed, to have a little more time to myself. But I must not forget
 what specially brought me here to-day. My cousin and I have been very
@@ -2806,7 +2781,7 @@ remembered that breakfast had been my only meal that day. My faintness
 must have been caused by want of food, so you see it was not very
 interesting after all."
 
-She spoke the words lightly, but Adèle wondered with a sudden pang
+She spoke the words lightly, but Adèle wondered with a sudden pang
 whether the want of food had anything to do with her poverty, for the
 interior of the shabby-looking house confirmed her worst fears. To put
 up with such a miserable place could be the result of nothing but dire
@@ -2820,7 +2795,7 @@ delicate, indeed you do; you should take more care of yourself."
 Perhaps it was the sympathy that shone out of the young girl's
 glistening eyes, a human longing for something like this warm young
 love, that seemed to be offering itself so spontaneously, or a sudden
-sickness of the self-contained life she had been leading, for Adèle's
+sickness of the self-contained life she had been leading, for Adèle's
 gentle words and gestures broke the crust of calm reserve with which
 Margaret had striven to surround herself. "Ah, child," she said, tears
 in her eyes and in her voice, "it is for the young and happy to take
@@ -2831,7 +2806,7 @@ apples of Sodom--they turn to dust and ashes in my mouth. I feel
 inclined to write 'Vanity of vanities' upon everything." She smiled
 through her tears: "I should not speak of such things to you."
 
-But tears, real, large, glistening tears, were in Adèle's eyes. "Why
+But tears, real, large, glistening tears, were in Adèle's eyes. "Why
 not?" she said impetuously. Then, after another pause, for though the
 young can give tears to sorrow, they are helpless very often to give
 words (if they only knew it, how much more eloquent those tears are
@@ -2844,7 +2819,7 @@ very sweet, and especially, I think, to me, for it brings back to my
 mind a time when sympathy was never wanting. I had a friend once, but
 she has gone, like other beautiful things, out of my life."
 
-"Tell me about her," said Adèle.
+"Tell me about her," said Adèle.
 
 Margaret shook her head: "No, no; enough of miseries for one day. I
 scarcely know when I have talked so much about myself; and do you know
@@ -2854,7 +2829,7 @@ I am the least bit in the world curious?"
 
 "I want you to tell me honestly what brought you here to-day."
 
-Adèle blushed. "Please don't be vexed with me, or think that my visit
+Adèle blushed. "Please don't be vexed with me, or think that my visit
 was from idle curiosity. What I say is really true," her admiration
 shone out of her eyes as she spoke: "ever since I saw you in the
 Academy, your face has haunted me. You know one reads of those kinds of
@@ -2862,11 +2837,11 @@ attraction. Have you any spells, Mrs. Grey? I could not rest, in fact,
 until I had seen you once more."
 
 Margaret was sitting near the window, a faint smile, half of pleasure,
-half of surprise, on her lips as she listened to Adèle's impulsive
+half of surprise, on her lips as she listened to Adèle's impulsive
 words, but before she could frame an answer they both became aware by a
 sudden intuition--the effect of that inexplicable mesmeric power which
 the human eye possesses--that they were being watched. Instinctively
-they looked out. A tall, dark-looking man, somewhat of an _élégant_ in
+they looked out. A tall, dark-looking man, somewhat of an _élégant_ in
 his appearance, was leaning quietly on the small iron railings that
 skirted the area and kitchen steps. In this position his chin was on a
 level with the top of the muslin blind; he could have a full view of
@@ -2889,7 +2864,7 @@ _FLIGHT._
     Of a word he dares not say.
 
 
-Adèle gave a little scream. She looked at Margaret. Her face had turned
+Adèle gave a little scream. She looked at Margaret. Her face had turned
 as pale as ashes. She had not generally much color, but this was no
 ordinary pallor: a gray, livid look seemed to spread itself gradually
 over her features till even her lips were blanched. For a moment she
@@ -2898,12 +2873,12 @@ leaning forward on the window-sash seized the blind to put it between
 themselves and the audacious watcher.
 
 He did not wait for it to be drawn down. Turning slowly, he passed away
-down the quiet street, but before he did so, Adèle saw that his lips
+down the quiet street, but before he did so, Adèle saw that his lips
 curled themselves into a mocking smile. Astonishment and a vague sense
 of alarm had rendered her helpless for the moment. When the blind was
 drawn down and the man had gone, she leapt to her feet and threw both
 her arms round Margaret's waist, for, leaning still as if for support
-against the window-sash, Adèle saw that her friend was tottering, and
+against the window-sash, Adèle saw that her friend was tottering, and
 that in her widely-opened eyes there was a dazed, bewildered look. She
 drew her down gently to the nearest seat, then, kneeling by her side,
 rubbed one of her cold hands in both her own. "Mrs. Grey, what is it?"
@@ -2927,8 +2902,8 @@ and poignant that the young girl shuddered.
 She could not speak: she knelt helpless by her friend's side, not even
 attempting consolation, while Margaret, covering her face with both
 hands, wept hot tears, that streamed through her fingers and on to
-Adèle's hand, which rested still upon her knees. And so they remained
-for a few moments--moments that seemed ages to poor Adèle; then, unable
+Adèle's hand, which rested still upon her knees. And so they remained
+for a few moments--moments that seemed ages to poor Adèle; then, unable
 to bear it longer, she rose to her feet, and putting her arms round
 Margaret's neck kissed her on the brow. It was the impulsive movement
 of a helpless sympathy, a girl-like action. She could not help, but she
@@ -2944,7 +2919,7 @@ It is necessary for me to go from here at once. And yet," she continued
 meditatively, "if you _could_ stay till the last; he might return--"
 
 "I shall not think of leaving you till I see you out of this place,
-Mrs. Grey," said Adèle authoritatively. "Listen," she continued, more
+Mrs. Grey," said Adèle authoritatively. "Listen," she continued, more
 rapidly; "I can arrange it all. I told you before of my talent for
 management, and now it has all come into my head quite suddenly. Ah, I
 should have made a first-rate diplomatist. You want to escape this rude
@@ -2957,9 +2932,9 @@ like to mention. There you can take a ticket--not, if you like, to your
 own village, but to some place at no great distance, in case this man
 should follow us, and to-morrow you can go on to your own home."
 
-There was something enlivening in Adèle's energy. Margaret's face
+There was something enlivening in Adèle's energy. Margaret's face
 brightened, she wiped away the remaining tears, and turning aside
-renewed the struggle which Adèle's entrance had interrupted with the
+renewed the struggle which Adèle's entrance had interrupted with the
 obstinate trunk.
 
 "Your plan would be perfection but for one thing," she said with the
@@ -2968,13 +2943,13 @@ come. "My dear Miss Churchill, forgive me, you are young. I am a
 total stranger to you. Your mother, your friends--would they not be
 displeased? Is it right for you to do this?"
 
-"It is, it is," said Adèle eagerly; "indeed, dear Mrs. Grey, mamma
+"It is, it is," said Adèle eagerly; "indeed, dear Mrs. Grey, mamma
 allows me to go everywhere with Arthur. She has full confidence in him."
 
 "And Arthur?"
 
 "Is my cousin. You saw him the other day. He is waiting for me now." In
-spite of herself Adèle blushed as she spoke.
+spite of herself Adèle blushed as she spoke.
 
 Margaret looked at her in some surprise, but the ingenuous young face
 told its own tale. In her turn she was filled with admiration and
@@ -2990,7 +2965,7 @@ course to pursue."
 It was done without the slightest awkwardness.
 
 Margaret might have been a queen accepting a favor from one of her
-courtiers, and it was in this light that Adèle thought of the service
+courtiers, and it was in this light that Adèle thought of the service
 she was rendering to her friend, for Margaret was, in her young,
 inexperienced eyes, a very queen by means of her beauty and charm.
 And then they set themselves to work without further delay. In a very
@@ -2998,13 +2973,13 @@ few moments Margaret's hasty toilette was complete--a black shawl,
 the little close bonnet, a crape veil, the bright Indian scarf,
 from which she did not seem to care to separate herself, a tiny
 morocco-leather case, which might contain valuables of some kind, and
-a carpet-bag, which by Adèle's aid had been hastily filled with a few
+a carpet-bag, which by Adèle's aid had been hastily filled with a few
 necessaries,--these were all; then the boxes were locked and labelled,
 the landlady's account was settled, and orders given to her to keep
-the boxes until they should be called for, Adèle promising that Arthur
-should perform this little service. It did not take very long. Adèle
+the boxes until they should be called for, Adèle promising that Arthur
+should perform this little service. It did not take very long. Adèle
 had scarcely been half an hour in the house when they left it together,
-Margaret closely veiled and not venturing to look around, Adèle gazing
+Margaret closely veiled and not venturing to look around, Adèle gazing
 right and left to assure herself that they were not followed. Not a
 person was in sight on either side of the way, and she breathed more
 freely.
@@ -3015,10 +2990,10 @@ impatient, for his head had been full of Margaret; he had been forming
 and reforming, always unsuccessfully to himself, her image in his
 brain, and dreaming all kinds of mad dreams about the services he would
 render her in the future, and the sweet returns of love and gratitude
-he might be blest enough to gain. Adèle's concurrence in his plans was,
+he might be blest enough to gain. Adèle's concurrence in his plans was,
 he felt, a grand step in the right direction; thenceforth everything
 would go swimmingly, for it was not possible that she could set aside
-Adèle's offered friendship--indeed, the very length of time that was
+Adèle's offered friendship--indeed, the very length of time that was
 elapsing was a favorable sign.
 
 But, not even in his wildest dreams, had he imagined that he should see
@@ -3032,7 +3007,7 @@ all his delight, he offered his greeting to Margaret Grey. She was
 herself calm and quiet, only the heightened color in her beautiful face
 betraying in any way a sign of her recent emotion.
 
-Adèle was by far the more excited of the two. "Fetch the carriage,
+Adèle was by far the more excited of the two. "Fetch the carriage,
 Arthur," she said, "as quickly as ever you can. We shall follow slowly
 to the place where we left it; you can come back with it to meet us.
 Don't stop to ask why, like a good old fellow. There's no time to lose."
@@ -3051,7 +3026,7 @@ themselves and their daily haunts.
 
 Breathless he hailed the coachman, who crossed the street with unusual
 alacrity. He could only imagine from Mr. Arthur's state of excitement
-that Miss Adèle had fallen down in a fit or that some similar
+that Miss Adèle had fallen down in a fit or that some similar
 misfortune had happened. He was an old servant, and took, as he often
 said in the servants' hall, "a deep hinterest in the family."
 
@@ -3068,7 +3043,7 @@ would have brought the worthy man to a stand-still. Imagination was not
 his strong point, and it was difficult for him even to conceive what
 all this meant.
 
-"The Great Northern Station, and then home," said Adèle, not wishing
+"The Great Northern Station, and then home," said Adèle, not wishing
 to mystify him too far; "and _please_ drive quickly."
 
 He obeyed, and as easily and rapidly they drove along the streets
@@ -3077,11 +3052,11 @@ sighed deeply. It was a sigh of intense relief. "To-morrow," she
 said--"to-morrow I shall be at home."
 
 Very little more passed between the three until the carriage stopped
-before the station; there Adèle held out her hand very reluctantly.
+before the station; there Adèle held out her hand very reluctantly.
 "I am afraid I must say good-bye," she said gently; "I ought to be at
 home. Mamma will be expecting me. I shall leave Arthur to take care of
 you and see you into your carriage." With a glance Margaret thanked
-Adèle for her noble trustfulness.
+Adèle for her noble trustfulness.
 
 "We shall meet again?" said the young girl earnestly.
 
@@ -3092,7 +3067,7 @@ this--I shall _never_ cease to thank you in my heart for the way in
 which you have acted to-day."
 
 She had got out of the carriage and was standing near the door, one
-hand still in Adèle's, who seemed to wish to retain it to the last
+hand still in Adèle's, who seemed to wish to retain it to the last
 moment. Arthur was beside them, looking interested but helpless, and
 once more tempted to indulge in that very vain and foolish wish that
 Providence had made him a woman.
@@ -3100,7 +3075,7 @@ Providence had made him a woman.
 Here was his cousin already Margaret Grey's dear friend: he was nothing
 to her--a lacquey who might be permitted to see after luggage, to get
 her ticket, to wait upon her. Nothing! Was that nothing? he asked
-himself suddenly as Adèle closed the carriage door, waved her last
+himself suddenly as Adèle closed the carriage door, waved her last
 farewell and left him alone with Margaret in the busy station. Alone
 and in a crowd, he her protector, she dependent upon him, he was a man
 at once, gentle, thoughtful, considerate, ready for any emergency. Only
@@ -3170,7 +3145,7 @@ seat, closed her eyes and murmured almost audibly, "Thank God! escaped!"
 Her thanksgiving, perhaps, was premature, for in her late
 dwelling-place this was what was happening in the mean time.
 
-She and Adèle had scarcely reached the top of ---- street before the
+She and Adèle had scarcely reached the top of ---- street before the
 landlady, anxious to lose no time, ordered "Apartments" to be hoisted
 in its usual place, the front-parlor window.
 
@@ -3241,7 +3216,7 @@ tacked in large letters to the boxes that were to follow her the next
 day, and the secret had been transferred to the pocket-book of the man
 she thought she had escaped.
 
-Poor Adèle's diplomacy! It had given way at only one point, but
+Poor Adèle's diplomacy! It had given way at only one point, but
 unhappily that point was all important.
 
 
@@ -3255,7 +3230,7 @@ _LESSONS IN WORLD-WISDOM._
     They were dangerous guides, the feelings: she herself was not exempt.
 
 
-"Well, Adèle, what have you done with Arthur?"
+"Well, Adèle, what have you done with Arthur?"
 
 The speaker was a comely, elderly lady who had sailed, in the full
 magnificence of brocade and lace, into the dining-room of her handsome
@@ -3271,7 +3246,7 @@ route_, mamma," she said pleasantly.
 "He had business, I believe, in town."
 
 "Business, indeed! You should be his first business. Mark my words,
-Adèle--though it seems impossible to instill worldly wisdom into _your_
+Adèle--though it seems impossible to instill worldly wisdom into _your_
 brain--boys are volatile and require keeping in hand. A girl ought to
 be tolerably _exigeante_ if she would either make or keep a conquest,
 especially when a boy of Arthur's age and character is in question."
@@ -3281,17 +3256,17 @@ always forgets James," she continued as he retired, "he is so quiet and
 unobtrusive; but then--faithful creature!--I feel very sure _he_ could
 make no mischief of anything he hears."
 
-"I wish, all the same, mamma," said Adèle rather fretfully, "that you
+"I wish, all the same, mamma," said Adèle rather fretfully, "that you
 would not always talk of my affairs and Arthur's before the servants.
 Burton, James, Elizabeth, it seems not to matter at all before which of
 them you speak."
 
-"My dear Adèle, you are a child. These people know your character and
+"My dear Adèle, you are a child. These people know your character and
 mine, and are pretty well acquainted with all our affairs, without our
 taking the trouble of informing them. I wonder who leaves Arthur's
 letters about sometimes."
 
-"Arthur's letters?" Adèle shrugged her shoulders almost imperceptibly.
+"Arthur's letters?" Adèle shrugged her shoulders almost imperceptibly.
 "All the world is at liberty to see them."
 
 "There it is again, my dear; we return to the subject we were
@@ -3300,27 +3275,27 @@ of your cousin? You know you cannot possibly remain in this
 brother-and-sisterly stage. You must give him one or two lessons or
 he'll slip through your fingers yet."
 
-Adèle was accustomed to her mother's style of conversation, so it did
+Adèle was accustomed to her mother's style of conversation, so it did
 not particularly shock her; she only smiled rather strangely: "Arthur
 wants no lessons from _me_, mamma."
 
-"Ah! then you are further advanced than I thought; but really, Adèle,
+"Ah! then you are further advanced than I thought; but really, Adèle,
 you have been brought up so simply I wonder sometimes if you know at
 all what it means to have a lover. _I_ was very different with _my_
 first lover, a cousin too, though we didn't marry after all. A very
 good thing; he was poor and idle: I should have been a wretched woman.
 Now, Arthur is well off, and not at all extravagant; no strong tastes
 either; just the kind of man whom a woman can mould to her will; but
-then she must know how, and I fear, Adèle, you are a sad baby in these
+then she must know how, and I fear, Adèle, you are a sad baby in these
 matters."
 
-"It's not for want of instruction, mamma," said Adèle rather
+"It's not for want of instruction, mamma," said Adèle rather
 maliciously.
 
 But the good-natured Mrs. Churchill scarcely saw the point of her
 daughter's satire. "You are right," she said. "I have done my very
 best to instill into your mind some knowledge of the world you live
-in, Adèle. I considered it a duty," she sighed faintly. "Had your poor
+in, Adèle. I considered it a duty," she sighed faintly. "Had your poor
 father been alive, the case might have been different. Women who are
 thrown on their own resources, like you and me, my child, _must_ be
 equal to the task of taking care of themselves."
@@ -3332,7 +3307,7 @@ moisture was there to remove, but to mention the departed Mr. Churchill
 without paying this tribute of regard to his dear memory would have
 been most unseemly. A pause for this trivial operation then Mrs.
 Churchill continued: "I have wished for some time to speak to you about
-this matter, Adèle. I have managed for you so far; I can do so no
+this matter, Adèle. I have managed for you so far; I can do so no
 further."
 
 The last words seemed to astonish the young girl. She looked up: "_You_
@@ -3348,7 +3323,7 @@ him, too! Lady Lacy and her pretty nieces, Mrs. Campbell and her ugly
 daughters; even gaunt Mr. Godolphin, with that extensive motherless
 child of his. Ha! ha! it was _too_ good!"
 
-But Adèle did not seem to join in her mother's mirth. She had dropped
+But Adèle did not seem to join in her mother's mirth. She had dropped
 her knife and fork in a kind of despair, while a sudden pallor, quickly
 succeeded by a vivid flush, showed her distress.
 
@@ -3362,7 +3337,7 @@ some day? Now--now--"
 The last part of the sentence was lost in the folds of her
 pocket-handkerchief.
 
-Poor Adèle was rather upset with the events of the morning, following
+Poor Adèle was rather upset with the events of the morning, following
 as they did upon the knowledge of what she looked upon as Arthur's
 desertion; to hear now that even their engagement, in which she had
 rejoiced as a proof of his real affection for her, as a kind of pledge
@@ -3371,19 +3346,19 @@ but to her mother's machinations,--this was a kind of finishing-stroke
 to her misfortunes. She continued to sob, somewhat to her mother's
 annoyance.
 
-"What a perfect baby you are still, Adèle!" she said; "it's well, after
+"What a perfect baby you are still, Adèle!" she said; "it's well, after
 all, that I sent James out of the room. Come, dry up your eyes, and
 tell me what is the meaning of this. To say that anything I told you
 just now could have caused such an outburst is perfectly absurd. What
 has Arthur been saying or doing? _I_ shall have to take him in hand."
 
-Adèle lifted up her glistening eyes and carmine cheeks from the
+Adèle lifted up her glistening eyes and carmine cheeks from the
 grateful shade of her pocket-handkerchief. "You must do nothing of the
 kind, mamma," she said indignantly--she was quite unlike herself for
 the moment--"you have done mischief enough already."
 
 "Mischief enough!" Mrs. Churchill's glass paused half-way between the
-table and her lips; she was absolutely petrified with surprise. Adèle
+table and her lips; she was absolutely petrified with surprise. Adèle
 was an only daughter, and something of a spoilt child; but hitherto
 she had always been gentle and obedient, for she was naturally docile;
 then she and her mother had such different tastes that their wills very
@@ -3398,7 +3373,7 @@ have to put a stop to it altogether. Now-a-days it seems to be the idea
 for young ladies and gentlemen to fall desperately in love, indulge in
 pretty poetic love-scenes and do a little wasting away for the benefit
 of one another. I suppose something of this has got into your silly
-little head, Adèle. You and Arthur should have been moved spontaneously
+little head, Adèle. You and Arthur should have been moved spontaneously
 to fall into one another's arms, like the hero and heroine of a play.
 Bah, child! there's a behind-the-scenes to life as well as the stage,
 and lovers are generally only puppets; they _act_ the drama and
@@ -3407,7 +3382,7 @@ you more than half the marriages in the world would never have taken
 place without some such helping hand as mine. You ought to be grateful
 instead of indignant."
 
-Adèle had dried her eyes. She was rather ashamed of her outburst; she
+Adèle had dried her eyes. She was rather ashamed of her outburst; she
 ought to have known long ago that her mother's matter-of-fact nature
 and keen common sense would never chime in with her own ultra-refined,
 high-flown notions of life and action; and hers, after all, were
@@ -3419,7 +3394,7 @@ have been called a comfortable matron--had grown a little hard and
 unsympathetic by reason of the rubs and raps she had encountered,
 making some of her fine gold dim.
 
-"We need not discuss the matter," said Adèle; "what is done _is_ done,
+"We need not discuss the matter," said Adèle; "what is done _is_ done,
 and after all perhaps it makes very little difference in the end. I am
 sorry if I was rude to you, mamma, as no doubt you do what you think
 best for me; but in these matters I do wish that you would let me have
@@ -3430,12 +3405,12 @@ you, I should have certainly refused him without any hesitation."
 of the wise young people see my hand. Why, you romantic child! without
 me you would soon float on to misery. Grand notions are all very well
 in their way, but they can scarcely carry one through the world with
-any satisfaction to one's self, Adèle; you'll find that out sooner or
+any satisfaction to one's self, Adèle; you'll find that out sooner or
 later. But come, enough of worldly wisdom for one day. Wash your eyes
 and make yourself look nice; I want you to pay some visits with me this
 afternoon."
 
-Poor little Adèle! she obeyed, but it was with a languid step. A few
+Poor little Adèle! she obeyed, but it was with a languid step. A few
 days before her life had been all sunshine; her love, her pleasant
 tastes, her bright hopes--everything had combined to make her happy;
 now, a change seemed impending--unreality was around her; what she
@@ -3443,34 +3418,34 @@ had thought to be a firm standing-point turned out only shifting
 quicksands; the love was departing, and the revelation of how it had
 come robbed its past of all charm; even her pleasant tastes seemed
 deceptive, for if her mother's views of life were correct, farewell
-to the _Faërie Queene_, farewell to poetic imagery: it was the mirage
+to the _Faërie Queene_, farewell to poetic imagery: it was the mirage
 that betrays the unwary soul, and in spite of the poet's vision the sad
 knowledge which that day's glimpse of another life had brought showed
 too clearly that beauty and joy were only too often divorced.
 
-Adèle appeared in the drawing-room in the course of half an hour
+Adèle appeared in the drawing-room in the course of half an hour
 dressed in pale silk, a rose-colored bonnet crowning her fair hair
 and pink-tinted gloves on her small hands, but nothing for the moment
 could remove the gloomy veil through which she viewed life and its
 surroundings.
 
 Her mother was obliged to reprove her a little sharply. "My dear
-Adèle," she said as they left one of the houses to which they had
+Adèle," she said as they left one of the houses to which they had
 been bound, "you must really make an effort to be more agreeable and
 sprightly; melancholy does not suit you. Dark girls, with chiselled
 features and creamy complexions, may be allowed to move through society
 like beautiful mutes, but with golden hair and bright blue eyes like
-yours vivacity, let me tell you, is the only rôle. Sulking makes you
+yours vivacity, let me tell you, is the only rôle. Sulking makes you
 look absolutely plain."
 
-No girl likes to look "absolutely plain," and although Adèle loudly
+No girl likes to look "absolutely plain," and although Adèle loudly
 disclaimed any sort of regard for what would or would not suit her
 style, she made an effort, and that evening Arthur, who came back, pale
 and exhausted, from the parting scene at the station, and who looked to
-Adèle for sympathy, was rather hurt with what he was pleased to term
+Adèle for sympathy, was rather hurt with what he was pleased to term
 her frivolity. Young men are so selfish!
 
-Mrs. Churchill saw the little by-play--Adèle's forced gayety, Arthur's
+Mrs. Churchill saw the little by-play--Adèle's forced gayety, Arthur's
 sentimental-looking eyes following her inquiringly, and somewhat
 reproachfully, round the room. She congratulated herself on the success
 of her lesson.
@@ -4232,7 +4207,7 @@ would never have been."
 He did not seem to hear her; he was carrying on a kind of soliloquy.
 "She is changed," he said, gazing at her still, "yes, and fading. The
 rich bloom in her cheek, the laughing sparkle in her eye, the fair
-roundness of form, it is passing--passing; but, _hélas! mon Dieu!_ is
+roundness of form, it is passing--passing; but, _hélas! mon Dieu!_ is
 she not fairer than ever in her pure, sad whiteness? Ah, Marguerite, my
 pearl! how could he ever have doubted you?"
 
@@ -4271,7 +4246,7 @@ darkness made us almost forget their presence; the serenades--ah! I see
 your memory is no worse than mine; the soft harmonies dying away in the
 far distance as we sat together in our gondola, our hands clasped, our
 souls rapt to ecstasy; the lessons in astronomy on those clear spring
-evenings when you and _notre chère fillette_ scanned in turns the deep,
+evenings when you and _notre chère fillette_ scanned in turns the deep,
 star-spangled sky; that day spent in exploring, Margaret--your pretty
 coquetry had vexed me, but the soft golden radiance of pictured glass,
 the sculptured marbles in that beautiful church, the Scalzi, soothed
@@ -4298,7 +4273,7 @@ present loneliness and a certain bitter rising of indignation which the
 readiness of her husband's mistrust and desertion could not but cause
 her at times.
 
-He saw his advantage. "It is not all forgotten, then, _ma bien-aimée_?"
+He saw his advantage. "It is not all forgotten, then, _ma bien-aimée_?"
 he whispered tenderly. "That past beautiful time is still there--there
 in the shrine of your pure heart. Tell me once for all, shall it
 return? _He_ has forsaken you, insulted you by his mistrust; you owe
@@ -4639,7 +4614,7 @@ the order of the day in the city, for all, high and low, rich and poor,
 were revelling in the charms of the short-lived summer-time.
 
 Maurice threw himself into this new life with the utmost eagerness.
-French is the language of the _crème de la crème_ in St. Petersburg,
+French is the language of the _crème de la crème_ in St. Petersburg,
 and as he was master of the seductive mistress of conversation, his
 ignorance of Russian by no means interfered with any of his amusements.
 And he entered into them thoroughly. Lounging about on the Prospekt or
@@ -4758,7 +4733,7 @@ _PARTIAL DISCOVERIES._
     What others dared but do.
 
 
-"I have no sympathy for you, Adèle--not the slightest."
+"I have no sympathy for you, Adèle--not the slightest."
 
 So spoke Mrs. Churchill, standing by a sofa in her boudoir with a glass
 of port in the one hand and a bottle of quinine in the other, giving
@@ -4773,7 +4748,7 @@ want either sympathy or medicine."
 "In the name of all that's sensible try and tell me what you _do_ want,
 child!"
 
-"I want to see Arthur." Adèle blushed as she spoke.
+"I want to see Arthur." Adèle blushed as she spoke.
 
 "To see Arthur, indeed!" Here Mrs. Churchill passed the
 carefully-prepared dose to her daughter. "You are a pretty pair! I
@@ -4781,7 +4756,7 @@ imagine he wants quinine and sea-air as much as you do. And now,
 forsooth, he must turn studious, ambitious of literary distinction,
 and what not. The next thing I shall hear about him is that he has
 taken to the editing of a popular journal. Really, young people of
-the present day are past my comprehension altogether, and, Adèle, you
+the present day are past my comprehension altogether, and, Adèle, you
 and Arthur carry matters to the verge of absurdity. You fall in love
 simultaneously with a pretty widow--whether a widow or not, Goodness
 alone knows--you suspend your own engagement for a time, as you assure
@@ -4794,12 +4769,12 @@ in the head of the man who is to be your husband (for I believe that
 these new follies can't possibly outlive your teens), then, so far as I
 am concerned, the less of charity the better."
 
-Adèle during this harangue had turned her face from her mother. The
+Adèle during this harangue had turned her face from her mother. The
 answer came from the depths of the sofa-cushion in which she had buried
 her face: "I wish I hadn't told you, mamma."
 
 "Happily, I found out the greater part for myself." Mrs. Churchill was
-still severe. "Upon my word, Adèle, it was dutiful to begin such a
+still severe. "Upon my word, Adèle, it was dutiful to begin such a
 correspondence without your mother's consent or knowledge; but perhaps
 I have spoken and thought enough on that subject already. Apropos of
 this Mrs. Grey of yours, I have heard something which will probably
@@ -4807,18 +4782,18 @@ interest you. Of course it is not for me to say whether her name is
 really Mrs. Grey, but some of the incidents in the stories I heard seem
 to fit in rather strangely."
 
-"Mamma!" In Adèle's excitement she rose to a sitting posture on the
+"Mamma!" In Adèle's excitement she rose to a sitting posture on the
 sofa and her cheeks flamed suddenly into an angry crimson. "You may say
 what you like; _I_ know that Margaret Grey is good and true, and it's
 too bad to believe in nobody."
 
-Her excitement rather alarmed good Mrs. Churchill. "Adèle! Adèle!" she
+Her excitement rather alarmed good Mrs. Churchill. "Adèle! Adèle!" she
 said, "_do_, like a good child, make an effort to be reasonable. The
 next thing will be brain fever if you excite yourself in this way.
 Silly little goose! try and believe that your mother knows more of the
 world than you do. Some of these days you will be wiser."
 
-"Never so wise, I hope, as to think ill of everybody," said Adèle, half
+"Never so wise, I hope, as to think ill of everybody," said Adèle, half
 sobbing after her excitement.
 
 "Well! well!" said her mother soothingly, "only be patient and I will
@@ -4828,7 +4803,7 @@ for you before you have lived many more years in the world. But about
 this Mrs. Grey. Very good I must call her to spare your feelings, and
 doubtless very beautiful, or she could not have taken such violent
 possession of the heart and head of my impulsive little daughter. It
-is a pity, by the bye, Adèle, that Providence did not see fit to make
+is a pity, by the bye, Adèle, that Providence did not see fit to make
 you a boy. It would have been possible then for you to have devoted
 life and fortune to this interesting person, only I'm not so sure that
 there's not a lingering weakness for Arthur in your contradictory
@@ -4838,30 +4813,30 @@ pale cheeks don't suit your style."
 
 "As if I cared about my style, mamma!"
 
-"Well, if you don't, Adèle, I do; and as, at your age, rouge would be
+"Well, if you don't, Adèle, I do; and as, at your age, rouge would be
 rather absurd, I must beg you to give us some of those pretty little
 blushes this evening. Perhaps you may be able to persuade Arthur to
 leave his books for a few hours and escort us to Lady C----'s. Is
 music, by the bye, among the vanities to which he has sworn undying
 hatred? Signor Mario has promised her a song, and--ah! I am so bad at
 names!--the great violinist--you remember, Mr. Godolphin was so wild
-about him--has promised to attend. But really, Adèle," Mrs. Churchill
+about him--has promised to attend. But really, Adèle," Mrs. Churchill
 gave an impatient sigh, "one might think you a worn-out woman of the
 world, or six seasons out at least; you take not the slightest interest
 in anything I tell you."
 
-Adèle reddened: "I beg your pardon, mamma. No doubt it will be
+Adèle reddened: "I beg your pardon, mamma. No doubt it will be
 pleasant, and the beautiful new necklace you gave me to-day will be the
 very thing to wear. If Arthur comes in I shall ask him; but what were
 you saying a few minutes ago about Mrs. Grey?"
 
-"That interests you far more than either soirée or necklace, I do
-believe. I wonder how it is, Adèle, that you are so _very_ different
+"That interests you far more than either soirée or necklace, I do
+believe. I wonder how it is, Adèle, that you are so _very_ different
 from other girls at your age? What I have heard is, after all, not
 much; and mind, if it excites you I shall leave off telling you _at
 once_. It does not redound particularly to the credit of your friend."
 
-Again Adèle buried her face in the sofa-pillow: "Who told you, mamma?"
+Again Adèle buried her face in the sofa-pillow: "Who told you, mamma?"
 
 "You remember that handsome young Russian at Mrs. Gordon's the other
 night. He took me in to supper, and we got into conversation. Very
@@ -4875,7 +4850,7 @@ he was going, nor did he write a single line to tell of his safe
 arrival at any point in his journey. It appears that one and another
 in St. Petersburg began talking about him, and it came out that he had
 let fall certain mysterious hints about a great sorrow, weariness of
-life, and so on--in your romantic style, Adèle. Whether he only wished
+life, and so on--in your romantic style, Adèle. Whether he only wished
 to make himself interesting to the ladies--who seem to have been the
 chief movers of the rumor--does not precisely appear: I should think
 it highly probable. However, St. Petersburg society took a different
@@ -4899,21 +4874,21 @@ Mrs. Grey--Margaret, he told me, was her Christian name--must certainly
 be still living. He heard of her from her man of business, but her
 place of residence is, for some reason, kept a profound secret."
 
-Adèle had risen from the sofa. She was listening to her mother's tale
+Adèle had risen from the sofa. She was listening to her mother's tale
 with earnest eyes fixed on her face. When it was over she gave a low,
 deep-drawn sigh: "Maurice, mamma? Are you sure his name was Maurice?"
 
-"The Englishman's, Adèle? Yes, Count ---- called him by that name once
+"The Englishman's, Adèle? Yes, Count ---- called him by that name once
 or twice in the course of our conversation."
 
-Adèle clasped her hands: "Then there can be no doubt it is the same.
+Adèle clasped her hands: "Then there can be no doubt it is the same.
 That will explain her sadness. Some fearful misunderstanding has come
 between them. Oh how I wish I could see Count ----! or if Arthur would
 only come! Perhaps--mamma, how delightful it would be!--perhaps we
 shall be able to set it all right--to make her happy again!"
 
 Mrs. Churchill groaned: "I thought my story would have had the effect
-of curing you, Adèle; and now I believe you are actually farther gone
+of curing you, Adèle; and now I believe you are actually farther gone
 than ever with your enthusiasm and your poetic notions. _When_ shall
 I teach you that all this is childish? '_Perhaps_ you will set all
 right'--'make her life happy!' Perhaps, rather, you will obey your
@@ -4922,20 +4897,20 @@ her husband and is otherwise not at all correct. Why, if I don't very
 much mistake--and I can say, without boasting, I think that I am always
 pretty well up in these matters--before the season is over your Mrs.
 Grey will be the talk of every dinner-table in London, for Count ----
-tells his story freely, and he seems to have the _entrée_ everywhere.
+tells his story freely, and he seems to have the _entrée_ everywhere.
 'Miss Churchill's particular friend'--that would be a pleasant addition
 to the tale when repeated with sundry additions, my dear, in our circle
 of acquaintance. Thank Goodness! Arthur is the only person who knows
 anything of your absurd adventure, and his tongue is happily tied."
 
-Adèle looked up indignantly: "Don't think that _I_ shall hide from
+Adèle looked up indignantly: "Don't think that _I_ shall hide from
 anybody my friendship for Margaret Grey," she said; "_you_ may feel
 ashamed--_I_ glory in it. All I regret is that I did so little for her
 when I had the opportunity." Then, softening, "If you had once seen
 her, mamma, you could never have believed these cruel tales."
 
 "I should have instantly fallen under the spell, no doubt, like you
-and Arthur? No, Adèle, it is long since a pretty face affected me so
+and Arthur? No, Adèle, it is long since a pretty face affected me so
 powerfully; indeed, I never remember being so absurdly romantic as
 you are. But, dear me! there are visitors; you look rather pale, so I
 suppose, for this one afternoon, I must let you off and leave you here
@@ -4948,7 +4923,7 @@ before she left the room, saying, with something between a smile and a
 sigh, "Ah, my dear, perhaps some day you will understand your mother
 better."
 
-Adèle returned the caress affectionately, but it was a relief to her
+Adèle returned the caress affectionately, but it was a relief to her
 when the door of her mother's boudoir closed behind her and she was
 left alone to think and plan, for the story of the Russian had thrown a
 new light on the subject that had engrossed her so much since that May
@@ -4968,7 +4943,7 @@ Miss Churchill was not allowed to indulge long in the luxury of
 solitude. Her mother had scarcely left her before there was a
 well-known knock at the hall door, followed after a few moments'
 interval by a short, intimate tap at the door of the sitting-room, and
-Adèle rose from her sofa and held out both hands eagerly to greet her
+Adèle rose from her sofa and held out both hands eagerly to greet her
 cousin.
 
 Perhaps he did not respond with sufficient warmth to her impulsive
@@ -4982,19 +4957,19 @@ there's to be some first-rate music."
 "That _means_ nothing of the kind, Arthur. Surely mamma is old enough
 to take care of herself and me without _your_ assistance."
 
-"Pray don't take offence at such a small thing, Adèle. They say, you
+"Pray don't take offence at such a small thing, Adèle. They say, you
 know, that people who take offence lightly are in want of a real
 grievance."
 
 "Heaven knows I needn't look far for a grievance when you are
-concerned," said Adèle bitterly.
+concerned," said Adèle bitterly.
 
 "You are the most forbearing of your sex, my fair cousin," returned he
 with provoking coolness. "In humble emulation of your patience behold
 me a willing listener to this list of grievances."
 
 He spoke with a half smile, then threw himself back in an arm-chair
-and assumed an appearance of rapt attention; but Adèle turned away to
+and assumed an appearance of rapt attention; but Adèle turned away to
 hide a treacherous tear. "I wonder how it is that we never meet without
 quarrelling now," she said plaintively.
 
@@ -5003,19 +4978,19 @@ cousin; you seem to take a delight in snapping me up, now-a-days; which
 being the case, what can I do but submit and give your woman's wit
 material to work upon?"
 
-Adèle pouted: "Of course it is anybody's fault but your own, Arthur;
+Adèle pouted: "Of course it is anybody's fault but your own, Arthur;
 but that's always the way with boys--_they_ can't possibly be in fault."
 
 Arthur rose from his seat: "This may be, and no doubt is, highly
-interesting to you, Adèle. I can't say that I feel the charm of
+interesting to you, Adèle. I can't say that I feel the charm of
 sparring; but then, as you politely observe, I am only a boy, and boys
 are often unappreciative of women's fine sallies, therefore I think the
 _boy_ must beg to be excused."
 
-He held out his hand. Adèle was on the point of taking him at his
+He held out his hand. Adèle was on the point of taking him at his
 word and allowing him to leave her, but when she looked up at him
 her mood changed suddenly, for, after all, only her affection had
-made her peevish. It was a difficult task Adèle had set herself on
+made her peevish. It was a difficult task Adèle had set herself on
 that day when Arthur first let her into the secret of his love. She
 had begun grandly. In her, as in many of her sisters, the spirit of
 self-sacrifice was strong. On the altar of her great love for her
@@ -5030,7 +5005,7 @@ rhapsodies; the knowledge that though with her in body his mind was far
 away; even the light way in which he treated her unselfish exertions in
 his interest,--all these were somewhat hard to bear.
 
-In the conflict Adèle's health was giving way; she grew peevish and
+In the conflict Adèle's health was giving way; she grew peevish and
 irritable. Her gayety and lightheartedness departed, she was not the
 amusing companion she had once been, and her cousin's visits were in
 consequence fewer. When he _did_ come, it was only to pour out his
@@ -5038,17 +5013,17 @@ heart on the subject which engrossed him--Margaret Grey. Generally she
 listened patiently, with an appearance of interest and sympathy; and
 this was all he desired. Arthur did not mean to be unkind--he was one
 of the most good-natured of his sex--but he had been so much accustomed
-to consider that what interested him would of necessity interest Adèle
+to consider that what interested him would of necessity interest Adèle
 that he could not have thought he was giving her pain, and with his
 every visit planting pin-pricks in her poor little heart.
 
-When, therefore, as sometimes happened in these days--for Adèle's
+When, therefore, as sometimes happened in these days--for Adèle's
 weakness was beginning to prey upon her nerves--she showed herself
 impatient, was unsympathetic or irritable, Arthur was, as on this
 occasion, surprised and offended, and deprived her for some days of the
 pleasure of his society.
 
-But this time Adèle would not let him go off in ill-temper. She looked
+But this time Adèle would not let him go off in ill-temper. She looked
 up, and her woman's heart was moved to self-forgetfulness. "Don't go
 yet, dear," she said, her voice trembling in spite of strenuous efforts
 to be calm; "you must forgive my pettishness. I think what mamma says
@@ -5056,7 +5031,7 @@ is true. I can't be very well just now. And _you_ look pale and ill,
 my poor old fellow; you shut yourself up too much with your books. You
 should leave London and go to some seaside place for a time."
 
-"I scarcely think the _books_ are to blame, Adèle." Arthur gave a
+"I scarcely think the _books_ are to blame, Adèle." Arthur gave a
 little sigh and glanced furtively at the mirror. Through all his new
 earnestness he had preserved the boyish weakness of a certain pleasure
 in interesting delicacy. "One must do something," he continued, pacing
@@ -5068,18 +5043,18 @@ all the details in the true antique. My heroine must be Greek, fine
 classic features, and that kind of thing. I have a grand description in
 my head. Shall I give it to you?"
 
-Adèle smiled: "I think I could give it myself. Certainly I know the
+Adèle smiled: "I think I could give it myself. Certainly I know the
 model. Am I right?"
 
 Arthur had taken a seat again; he buried his head in his hands: "I
-have had such a mad idea, Adèle. But no; to do _her_ justice in any
+have had such a mad idea, Adèle. But no; to do _her_ justice in any
 description would be impossible, absolutely impossible. It's easy
 enough to write about dark eyes and fine features and golden hair, but
 that would not be Margaret. It is the wonderful look in her face, that
 kind of spiritual beauty belonging neither to form nor coloring, which
 gives it its chief charm."
 
-"You are eloquent, dear," said Adèle with a little sigh; "if you write
+"You are eloquent, dear," said Adèle with a little sigh; "if you write
 your book in that way, I think it must certainly be a success."
 
 "Yes," said he pensively, "the public like reality, but, you see, one
@@ -5090,20 +5065,20 @@ number enriched the ashes of my grate. I am a good-for-nothing, and I
 _shall be_ a good-for-nothing to the end of the chapter."
 
 There was something of weariness and bitter self-contempt in Arthur's
-voice. It made Adèle's heart ache for him. She knelt down by his side
+voice. It made Adèle's heart ache for him. She knelt down by his side
 and put one of her arms round his neck. It was more the gesture of a
 tender little mother with her child than of a woman with the man she
 loves, for this protecting motherliness was one great element in the
-affection of Adèle for her cousin. No doubt it was this in a great
+affection of Adèle for her cousin. No doubt it was this in a great
 measure that rendered it so unselfish. As a little child she had taken
 upon herself the punishment of his small faults--as a grown-up girl she
 sought to shield him from every kind of ill.
 
 "Don't despair, dear," she said gently; "there is something for you to
 do--to do for _her_, if you can be wise and generous, and put yourself
-out of the way altogether. Do you remember, Arthur" (Adèle's voice
+out of the way altogether. Do you remember, Arthur" (Adèle's voice
 grew soft and the tears were in her eyes), "how you used to come and
-sit here in the afternoon while I read to you from the _Faërie Queene_
+sit here in the afternoon while I read to you from the _Faërie Queene_
 about those grand young knights going out in search of adventures--to
 rescue women and kill dragons and evil things? And sometimes we used
 to wish that those days would come back, and I imagined how I would
@@ -5112,9 +5087,9 @@ world. Dear, I think your time for this has come. You are a true
 knight, you will forget yourself, you will burn to redress a great
 wrong--especially when she, your Margaret, is the victim."
 
-Adèle's words were exciting. Arthur could barely listen with patience
+Adèle's words were exciting. Arthur could barely listen with patience
 to the end of her tender little harangue, for a great light was burning
-behind it which set his spirit on flame. "Adèle," he cried eagerly,
+behind it which set his spirit on flame. "Adèle," he cried eagerly,
 "you have heard something new about her. Tell me at once."
 
 "I heard it from mamma," she answered. And then, in as few words as
@@ -5130,19 +5105,19 @@ A person who knew them both might possibly remove this and restore
 them to happiness. Arthur, _you_ must be that person. There is only
 _one_ drawback: _if_ the people in St. Petersburg should be right? if
 he has killed himself? Can you conceive anything more dreadful, she
-loving him all the time, as I know she does?" The idea turned Adèle
+loving him all the time, as I know she does?" The idea turned Adèle
 pale, but the hopefulness of youth reasserted itself. "I can't bring
 myself to believe it," she said earnestly. "He got tired of all his
 friends and the gayety, and they teased him, I dare say. It's not like
 an Englishman to put an end to himself in that kind of way. No; I feel
 convinced that he will be found yet; and, Arthur, _you_ must find him."
 
-While Adèle had been speaking Arthur had turned away from her. He was
+While Adèle had been speaking Arthur had turned away from her. He was
 standing by the window, apparently watching the passers-by, but she
 could see, by the glimpse of his face that was still visible, that he
 was listening with intense interest.
 
-A fierce struggle was going on in his heart. Adèle had often let him
+A fierce struggle was going on in his heart. Adèle had often let him
 know that in her earnest belief all his hopes were futile. Arthur had
 hoped against hope. In spite of all she could say--in spite even of the
 cruel facts that supported her theory--he reared in secret his airy
@@ -5163,25 +5138,25 @@ to her feet.
 And in one moment the whole was changed. He was called upon to forget
 his dream or to expunge his own name from the fluted columns of his
 mansion in the clouds--never an easy task. I wonder who builds these
-_châteaux en Espagne_ without self for at least one of the habitants.
+_châteaux en Espagne_ without self for at least one of the habitants.
 
-Unhappily, Adèle's tale carried conviction. But "None are so blind
+Unhappily, Adèle's tale carried conviction. But "None are so blind
 as those who _will_ not see." Arthur _could_ not believe, because
 he would not. He did not answer for a few moments, then he turned,
 with a light laugh that sorely belied a certain haggard look in his
-young face: "_You_ had better turn novelist, Adèle. Your _plots_ would
+young face: "_You_ had better turn novelist, Adèle. Your _plots_ would
 certainly be first-rate. Why, you have reared a mountain of certainty
 out of a grain of conjecture. I don't believe it," he continued
 fiercely. But in his very fierceness was the contradiction of his
 words. "You pretend to care for her, and yet you can listen to all
 these foolish tales!"
 
-It was rather an unkind accusation, since Adèle had been doing her very
+It was rather an unkind accusation, since Adèle had been doing her very
 utmost to show how implicitly she believed in Margaret's innocence and
 truth; but pain blinded Arthur for the moment, and made him cruel and
 unjust.
 
-Adèle saw how it was with him, and she did not even appear to resent
+Adèle saw how it was with him, and she did not even appear to resent
 his words. "Sit down again, Arthur dear," she said gently. "I am as
 anxious as you can be to get to the bottom of this mystery, but if we
 would do anything we must be calm and have our wits about us."
@@ -5189,15 +5164,15 @@ would do anything we must be calm and have our wits about us."
 "Say, rather, _I_ must," returned Arthur, throwing himself down on a
 small chair at her feet and seizing one of her hands in a sudden access
 of penitence. "What a brute I am, exciting you in this way, my poor
-pale little cousin! Adèle, you are wise and kind: I put myself in your
+pale little cousin! Adèle, you are wise and kind: I put myself in your
 hands. What shall I do?"
 
-Adèle's lips quivered as if with a sudden pain, but the answer came
+Adèle's lips quivered as if with a sudden pain, but the answer came
 out clear and firm: "Go and see her, Arthur; find out the truth about
 all this. I think when you have once heard her story you will be in no
 further difficulty."
 
-Arthur started up, his eyes glittering: "Shall I, Adèle? Can I? What if
+Arthur started up, his eyes glittering: "Shall I, Adèle? Can I? What if
 I offend her?"
 
 "You will not, Arthur. Take my advice; this time, I think, it coincides
@@ -5206,12 +5181,12 @@ address I have kept from you so long. Take it, my poor old fellow, and
 go."
 
 He took it up and looked at it with gleaming eyes, for behind it he
-seemed to see the vision for which he had been thirsting so long. Adèle
+seemed to see the vision for which he had been thirsting so long. Adèle
 had thrown herself back upon the sofa; she looked pale and exhausted.
 From the little piece of paper Arthur had been studying so earnestly
 he turned his eyes to her. Something in her pale face touched him. He
 felt a sudden pang of self-reproach, and kneeling down by her side he
-pressed one of her hands to his lips: "Adèle, you are an angel! I say
+pressed one of her hands to his lips: "Adèle, you are an angel! I say
 it in sober earnest, worthy of one far better and worthier and nobler
 than I. Dear little cousin, I will take your advice. You shall see me
 again only when my fate is sealed--when I have seen her. Forgive me,
@@ -5219,7 +5194,7 @@ and keep a little corner of your heart for me till my return."
 
 "Good-bye, dear."
 
-It was all Adèle could say for the tears that would not be restrained.
+It was all Adèle could say for the tears that would not be restrained.
 But she was happier. There was a feeling of settled calm in her heart
 to which it had long been a stranger. She had done what she could; she
 was willing to leave the rest.
@@ -5462,7 +5437,7 @@ CHAPTER IV.
 
 _JANE'S REVENGE._
 
-    For very fear unnethës may she go,
+    For very fear unnethës may she go,
     She weeped, wailed, all a day or two,
     And swooned, that it ruthe was to see.
 
@@ -6443,7 +6418,7 @@ farther that night.
 He ordered a private sitting-room, for no particular reason but the
 necessity he felt for quiet meditation, that he might unravel the
 tormenting problems of the how, the why and the wherefore which, in
-spite of Adèle's encouraging assurance, had begun to embarrass him
+spite of Adèle's encouraging assurance, had begun to embarrass him
 sorely. How should he present himself to Mrs. Grey? What could he give
 as a reason for having left London to seek her out? In what light would
 she look upon his intrusion? These thoughts perplexed him as far into
@@ -6563,7 +6538,7 @@ that. She come back with the things packed in a small portmanter, and
 her accounts made out all proper and business-like. It's Jane all over,
 sir. She do like to have everythink square and correct. 'But,' says
 the gentleman as grand as you please, 'I didn't want no accounts, and
-divide the change between yourself and the garçong;' by which he meant
+divide the change between yourself and the garçong;' by which he meant
 me, sir. It's the French way. They started that morning, and the little
 lady tell Jane, 'I shall come back very soon, I shall,' and then she
 puts her arms round her neck, 'Thank you,' she says in such a pretty
@@ -7222,7 +7197,7 @@ his assiduous courtesy! Laura and I enjoyed them often, for we were
 wiser: _we_ knew that he thought himself neither too old nor too ugly
 to fascinate _les demoiselles Anglaises_. And we both fell in love with
 him, though in different ways. Laura had no scruple in speaking of her
-affection. He was her 'bon père, her frère ainé;' she liked him better
+affection. He was her 'bon père, her frère ainé;' she liked him better
 than any one she had ever seen; and he in return petted and caressed
 her, brought her cakes and bon-bons, took and demanded a thousand
 and one little daughterly attentions, at all of which my good aunt
@@ -7230,8 +7205,8 @@ smiled complacently. But _she_ did not know what _Laura_ knew--that
 he seized every opportunity for speaking to me of love. She made
 opportunities--my sweet little cousin--for in her beautiful, unselfish
 way she could imagine nothing more delightful than this love-making
-ending in marriage, her sister and her _bon père_ living together, with
-her for their little one, their 'chère fillette'--this last being one
+ending in marriage, her sister and her _bon père_ living together, with
+her for their little one, their 'chère fillette'--this last being one
 of his pet names for Laura.
 
 "We met in Paris, we met again in many of the Italian towns, and he and
@@ -7242,7 +7217,7 @@ precarious and that as soon as something settled should be offered him
 he would ask me to pledge myself. This was Laura's view, too, for my
 little darling was older than her years, and she and I discussed the
 matter frequently. But at last we--or I should say I--found out what he
-was. Laura would scarcely believe anything against her bon père, but
+was. Laura would scarcely believe anything against her bon père, but
 _I_ knew that of him which I could not tell her. He and I parted, and
 were to one another as if we never had been even so much as friends.
 _I_ suffered, for though I believe now that my imagination rather than
@@ -7394,7 +7369,7 @@ been persecuted by the attempts of L'Estrange to force himself upon
 her. How at last she had found this little seaside village, and had
 rested there with her child, hoping its isolation and retirement would
 hide her. She told of her adventures in London, of the escape so
-ably managed by Adèle, of the discovery of her hiding-place, of that
+ably managed by Adèle, of the discovery of her hiding-place, of that
 interview, and of her persecutor's concluding words, which, as she
 believed, had foreshadowed her present trouble.
 
@@ -7616,7 +7591,7 @@ panting from the course. But if the yoke be borne early, submission
 becomes a habit and its difficulty is infinitely less. Arthur, however,
 could not be expected to be thankful for the salutary lesson, and
 what wonder that when the first excitement of planning and scheming,
-of playing the grand _rôle_ of disinterested benefactor was over, he
+of playing the grand _rôle_ of disinterested benefactor was over, he
 looked a trifle blue and crestfallen, called himself hard names, and
 quarrelled with what he was for the moment pleased to look upon as his
 "ridiculous age!"
@@ -7898,7 +7873,7 @@ _THE YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AT LAST._
     Evil is absent, it is pure early love.
 
 
-Adèle's languor increased with the summer. The heat, which had grown
+Adèle's languor increased with the summer. The heat, which had grown
 intense in and about London, the fatigues of the season, the anxiety
 about Arthur and their mutual friend Mrs. Grey,--all these worked upon
 a constitution in which the seeds of delicacy were deeply rooted.
@@ -7907,7 +7882,7 @@ Mrs. Churchill began to be anxious, and to cast about for some suitable
 method of giving her daughter change of air. Nothing presented
 itself for the moment. It was too early for Scarborough or Whitby;
 only plebeians frequented Brighton in July; against the Continent,
-Switzerland, Germany or the Italian lakes Adèle protested loudly, and
+Switzerland, Germany or the Italian lakes Adèle protested loudly, and
 the good Mrs. Churchill felt a certain sinking of heart at the prospect
 of putting the breadth of the Channel between herself and England
 during the London season. The little gossip of society, the _projets
@@ -7916,12 +7891,12 @@ high life were dear to Mrs. Churchill's soul. And at this special time,
 when the air was rife with rumor, it would have been irritating, to say
 the least of it, to go out into the blank of an existence from which
 the _Morning Post_ and _Court Journal_ would of necessity be excluded.
-But none of these things could alter the fact. Adèle was pining in the
+But none of these things could alter the fact. Adèle was pining in the
 great city; she wanted change of air.
 
 Indecision and anxiety are not improving to the temper. The
 good-natured Mrs. Churchill became sharp and irritable. She was annoyed
-with Adèle for being ill, and with Fate for not delaying her illness by
+with Adèle for being ill, and with Fate for not delaying her illness by
 a few weeks, when London could be left without a pang, and the bracing
 climate of Scarborough would have been open to them; she was angry
 with Arthur for his new independence and mysterious course of conduct,
@@ -7930,7 +7905,7 @@ romantic story and inexplicable power of fascination, to be at the
 root of all the inconvenience. The worst of it was that this internal
 effervescence could be allowed very little external vent, for Arthur
 and Mrs. Grey were out of reach, and the doctors, several of whom had
-been consulted, had given express orders that Adèle should be kept as
+been consulted, had given express orders that Adèle should be kept as
 quiet as possible. Of course it was idle to rave against Fate, for Fate
 is calm and impersonal, and only bruises the breasts of the tumultuous.
 The servants were the only sufferers, but they took their mistress's
@@ -7940,7 +7915,7 @@ had passed before it. But Mrs. Churchill could not always keep her
 annoyance from her daughter, and on one of these hot days her feelings
 became quite too much for her.
 
-Adèle was on the sofa again, deeply engrossed in one of her pet volumes
+Adèle was on the sofa again, deeply engrossed in one of her pet volumes
 with the calf-skin binding. Her mother had been wandering about from
 one position to another in the vain effort to cool herself; she had
 tried at least a dozen different fans, she had bathed her face and
@@ -7948,20 +7923,20 @@ hands again and again in eau-de-cologne, she had read a little and
 worked a little, had taken up the paper and thrown it down again, had
 sighed and fumed and bustled till her state was really pitiable.
 
-"Adèle," she cried at last, "for Goodness' sake put down that book.
+"Adèle," she cried at last, "for Goodness' sake put down that book.
 Whatever the doctor may say about your not being crossed, I'm quite
 sure--and so I told him only yesterday--that so much reading is very
 bad for the mind, especially in hot weather. Why, _I_ can't even get
 through the paper; and you look as pale as a ghost. Oh," wringing her
 hands in desperation, "if I only knew what to do with you!"
 
-"Only don't excite yourself, mamma," said Adèle languidly.
+"Only don't excite yourself, mamma," said Adèle languidly.
 
 "Excite myself? That is not a very dutiful way of addressing your
-mother, Adèle, especially when what you call my excitement is solely on
+mother, Adèle, especially when what you call my excitement is solely on
 your account."
 
-"I know it, mamma dear," said Adèle gently, putting down the obnoxious
+"I know it, mamma dear," said Adèle gently, putting down the obnoxious
 volume. "Forgive me if I annoyed you, but really I wish so much that
 you would cease being anxious about me. I shall be better as soon as
 ever the weather is a little cooler."
@@ -7974,7 +7949,7 @@ leave London altogether."
 She spoke defiantly, as if London would be greatly the sufferer by such
 a step.
 
-Adèle shook her head: "You would certainly not like it, dear. No: I'll
+Adèle shook her head: "You would certainly not like it, dear. No: I'll
 tell you what to do. You must get Mary Churchill to stay with you here.
 It will be pleasant for her to see a little of London, and you know
 Aunt Mary will be charmed. Send me away somewhere for a fortnight. I
@@ -7984,7 +7959,7 @@ have a kind of longing for the sea." The young girl closed her eyes.
 dusty streets and squares! I shall get better there directly; I feel
 it."
 
-Mrs. Churchill sighed impatiently: "One would think to hear you, Adèle,
+Mrs. Churchill sighed impatiently: "One would think to hear you, Adèle,
 that a young lady could live at the seaside by herself, without any
 protection. Pray, little Miss Wisdom, how am I to send you to this sea
 which you describe so romantically? I do believe those poetry-books are
@@ -7999,24 +7974,24 @@ it is extremely tiresome to have all one's plans upset. I wouldn't mind
 so much if I could see any way out of all this, but really and truly I
 was never so utterly at sea in my life."
 
-"Write to Aunt Mary," said Adèle cheerfully, "and leave me to manage
+"Write to Aunt Mary," said Adèle cheerfully, "and leave me to manage
 the rest."
 
 "Leave you, indeed! I might as well leave a baby. I know your
 unpractical schemes of old. Dear me! I wish I could think of some
 feasible plan."
 
-"Only don't fret yourself, dear," said Adèle, kissing her mother
+"Only don't fret yourself, dear," said Adèle, kissing her mother
 affectionately; "and listen! is that not Arthur's knock? I dare say he
 can help us."
 
 "_Very_ likely!" said Mrs. Churchill in a manner that was meant to be
 splendidly satirical. "However," she continued, "I must dress now, but
-I shall come down again before I go out; and remember, Adèle, if I find
+I shall come down again before I go out; and remember, Adèle, if I find
 he has excited your mind by any of his absurd romances, I shall forbid
 him the house at once."
 
-Adèle's eyes twinkled pleasantly at this awful threat. She knew her
+Adèle's eyes twinkled pleasantly at this awful threat. She knew her
 mother too well to have even the faintest fear of its fulfilment.
 
 When Arthur came in she saw in a moment that he was changed. The
@@ -8028,18 +8003,18 @@ tell her of success; but, reproving herself for the selfishness of the
 thought, she held out her hand with a smile: "The sea-air has done you
 good, Arthur; you look a different person."
 
-He looked down upon her kindly: "I think I am better, Adèle, and in
+He looked down upon her kindly: "I think I am better, Adèle, and in
 more ways than one; but, my poor little cousin, I can't return the
 compliment; you look as pale as a ghost. What in the world has Aunt
 Ellen been doing with you?"
 
-Adèle flushed painfully, for she was impatient to know what his
+Adèle flushed painfully, for she was impatient to know what his
 experience had been: "Please don't mind my looks, Arthur. Remember I am
 curious. Be kind to me, dear," she smiled faintly; "keep me no longer
 in suspense. Your eyes tell me something has been done."
 
 Arthur sat down, and took one of her hands in his: "What do you read in
-them, Adèle?"
+them, Adèle?"
 
 She looked away, shading her face with her hand: "That you have
 something to live for at last--that she, the woman whom you love--and I
@@ -8050,7 +8025,7 @@ has chosen you for her protector, that you are already busy planning to
 restore her to happiness."
 
 Arthur smiled again, then stooped over his cousin's sofa: "Why do you
-look away, Adèle? If I should say that all this is true, that you are
+look away, Adèle? If I should say that all this is true, that you are
 the most penetrating little lady in the world, would you not be glad,
 seeing that I have only obeyed you?"
 
@@ -8063,12 +8038,12 @@ and drew the tear-stained face to a surer shelter as he told in a few
 earnest, manly words of the experiences of the last few days, and of
 the task he had set himself.
 
-"Adèle," he whispered in conclusion, "I am cured. When I left you my
+"Adèle," he whispered in conclusion, "I am cured. When I left you my
 brain was full of mad ideas. _She_ showed me their folly, and now I can
 admire her, I can honor her, I can even love her, as a brother might,
 with the purest desire for her happiness, which I still earnestly hope
 to restore by giving her back her husband. For myself, my dream has
-changed. Listen, Adèle, dear. Look up at me once: my present hope is
+changed. Listen, Adèle, dear. Look up at me once: my present hope is
 this--to strive by every means in my power to make myself worthy of the
 gentlest, the most womanly, the noblest--"
 
@@ -8082,18 +8057,18 @@ She rested her head on the sofa and looked up at him, her blue eyes
 shining and her cheeks glowing with soft excitement; a little smile of
 contentment was playing about her lips, her golden hair fell back from
 her forehead in rippling waves; she was fairer than ever before, for
-nothing is so beautifying as happiness, especially to women of Adèle's
+nothing is so beautifying as happiness, especially to women of Adèle's
 type.
 
 Her cousin felt it. He looked at her with a smile. "Do you know,
-Adèle," he said gently, "I never thought you beautiful before, but you
+Adèle," he said gently, "I never thought you beautiful before, but you
 _are_ beautiful. What is it that is new to me in your face, little
 cousin?"
 
 She shook her head: "I can't tell, dear, unless perhaps it may be that
 never in all my life have I been so _very_, very happy."
 
-By which answer it will be seen that Adèle was but a novice in the ways
+By which answer it will be seen that Adèle was but a novice in the ways
 of the world. She was not afraid, now she knew her love was returned,
 of letting its fullness be seen.
 
@@ -8125,10 +8100,10 @@ something, and he was able to understand his cousin.
 
 After the mutual revelation they chatted together pleasantly, formed
 plans by the thousand for Arthur's guidance in the difficult task that
-was before him and for Adèle's demeanor in his absence. They were as
+was before him and for Adèle's demeanor in his absence. They were as
 happy as two birds in a nest, for Arthur was at rest in his heart and
 in his conscience, and in the light of her own happiness and pride
-Adèle could not even be distressed at the indefinite separation before
+Adèle could not even be distressed at the indefinite separation before
 them. For with the sanguine nature of youth she could not bring herself
 to believe it would be long.
 
@@ -8141,7 +8116,7 @@ This friend, whose affection he had almost despised, was becoming
 infinitely dear to him, and with a sudden pang he thought that perhaps
 this delicacy might mean more than they had imagined.
 
-"Adèle," he said in a startled tone, leaning over her sofa and gazing
+"Adèle," he said in a startled tone, leaning over her sofa and gazing
 anxiously into her eyes, "you must keep nothing from me; remember I am
 to be your husband. Tell me the whole truth, or I shall go away from
 you with a haunting fear. Is anything seriously wrong with you? Does
@@ -8163,7 +8138,7 @@ ever the same. We would wish all our neighbors to view the landscape
 from our own standpoint; indeed, we are sometimes highly incensed if
 they persist in looking at it from theirs.
 
-"Poor mamma!" said Adèle, "she is quite put out and puzzled about me.
+"Poor mamma!" said Adèle, "she is quite put out and puzzled about me.
 You see, she never likes to leave London at this time; and then she
 promised to have Cousin Mary here, and there is so much going on."
 
@@ -8174,7 +8149,7 @@ room, she would be delighted to see you, and old Martha is travelling
 there to-day, so that you would be well taken care of; then later in
 the year Aunt Ellen could pick you up on her way to Scarborough."
 
-Adèle shook her head: "_I_ should like it very much, but I fear mamma
+Adèle shook her head: "_I_ should like it very much, but I fear mamma
 won't. She will call it one of our unpractical schemes."
 
 "But that's all nonsense," said Arthur impatiently; "she must either
@@ -8182,7 +8157,7 @@ take you away herself or let some one else do it, and surely I am as
 fit a person as any one to decide on what is fitting for my future
 wife."
 
-Adèle laughed out merrily then, for as the last words were spoken in a
+Adèle laughed out merrily then, for as the last words were spoken in a
 tone of indescribable importance, the door opened and Mrs. Churchill
 appeared, radiant with smiles and good-humor. She had caught the
 latter part of Arthur's sentence, and its decisive tenor set her mind
@@ -8194,17 +8169,17 @@ hand. "No, no, sir; before I have anything whatever to say to you I
 must hear the burden of your complaint, and understand from your own
 lips _what_ is fitting for your future wife."
 
-"Mamma!" "Aunt Ellen!" Adèle and Arthur were covered with confusion in
+"Mamma!" "Aunt Ellen!" Adèle and Arthur were covered with confusion in
 a moment.
 
 "Blushing, too!" said that lady unpityingly. "Come, Master Arthur, your
-confusion is becoming, and Adèle's blushes particularly charming, but
+confusion is becoming, and Adèle's blushes particularly charming, but
 _I_ am not answered. What are your lordship's commands? for I suppose
 they must be obeyed."
 
 "Must they, Aunt Ellen? _tant mieux_," answered the young man lightly;
 "then I shall lay them upon you without delay. This young lady"--he
-took one of Adèle's hands and held it in his--"my future wife, as you
+took one of Adèle's hands and held it in his--"my future wife, as you
 observe, is looking wretchedly ill and worn; she requires change of air
 at once."
 
@@ -8226,14 +8201,14 @@ her husband and make him understand the true state of affairs."
 
 "All very well," broke in Mrs. Churchill impatiently; "and I'm glad to
 hear she had the good taste and honesty to let you know at least that
-her husband is living. But, pray, what has this to do with Adèle?"
+her husband is living. But, pray, what has this to do with Adèle?"
 
 "Patience for one moment, Aunt Ellen. I only trouble you with all these
 details that you may know my scheme for my cousin is not so unpractical
 as it may seem. Mrs. Grey, I am firmly convinced, is an honorable,
 high-minded lady, or else indeed I could not wish to entrust her, even
 for one day, with the keeping of any one so near and dear to me as
-Adèle must be under any circumstances; for (_please_ let me go on for
+Adèle must be under any circumstances; for (_please_ let me go on for
 one more moment) my scheme is this: Mrs. Grey has a charming little
 house on the Yorkshire coast; the air is splendid, the neighborhood is
 quiet."
@@ -8242,21 +8217,21 @@ Mrs. Churchill could not help smiling: "_Don't_ take a leaf out of
 _Murray_, Arthur."
 
 But the young man continued seriously: "She will be delighted to
-receive Adèle for a time. If you agree to this, I can take her to
+receive Adèle for a time. If you agree to this, I can take her to
 Middlethorpe before I go abroad, and you, on your way to Scarborough in
 the autumn, can bring her on with you. Old Martha will be there, for
 I sent her on to-day with some jewelry belonging to Mrs. Grey which I
-have reclaimed from her lawyer. You know Martha will look after Adèle's
+have reclaimed from her lawyer. You know Martha will look after Adèle's
 comfort as well as you could. Come now, Aunt Ellen, is this such a very
 unpractical scheme?"
 
 "Perhaps not, since your Mrs. Grey has turned out to be a respectable
 matron after all; but what warrant have we that her story is true?"
 
-"Mamma!" began Adèle indignantly, but Arthur stopped her:
+"Mamma!" began Adèle indignantly, but Arthur stopped her:
 
 "My moral conviction of her truth is enough for me, Aunt Ellen, and
-for Adèle; I believe it would be for you if you had once seen her. But
+for Adèle; I believe it would be for you if you had once seen her. But
 for your satisfaction I can tell you that her story has been rather
 strangely confirmed. I went to see Golding about it this morning, for I
 wished to set him on the track of Mrs. Grey's child, who, I should tell
@@ -8266,14 +8241,14 @@ the story."
 
 Mrs. Churchill sighed: "Ah, well! I hope no harm will come of it. I
 must say it's a queer state of affairs altogether, but as far as I can
-see it seems the best plan. Adèle is certainly old enough to take care
+see it seems the best plan. Adèle is certainly old enough to take care
 of herself, and Mrs. Grey could scarcely have any ulterior design in
 asking her to stay at the house. Then old Mrs. Foster being there is
 a great thing; she is a most trustworthy person. I suppose it will be
 necessary for me to write to Mrs. Grey, but how am I to put it? Is she
 supposed to have sent an invitation by you?"
 
-Adèle's eyes were glistening with delight at this happy termination.
+Adèle's eyes were glistening with delight at this happy termination.
 "Never mind about that, mamma," she said gayly. "I will write a little
 note to Margaret to prepare her for my coming, and, let me see, if you
 like, Arthur, I can start the day after to-morrow."
@@ -8302,16 +8277,16 @@ _A STORM._
 
 
 The sultry afternoon was closed by a stormy evening. As Arthur and
-Adèle sat together in the library--for Mrs. Churchill, who was herself
+Adèle sat together in the library--for Mrs. Churchill, who was herself
 at a large dinner-party, had been graciously pleased to leave them
 alone together in this coziest corner of the comfortable house--the
 clouds began to gather and a moaning, sighing wind to sweep up the
 street.
 
-"There is going to be a storm," said Adèle with a little shiver; "close
+"There is going to be a storm," said Adèle with a little shiver; "close
 the curtains, like a good old fellow, and come to tea."
 
-"Don't you like storms, Adèle? I thought you were so brave."
+"Don't you like storms, Adèle? I thought you were so brave."
 
 "Sometimes, but not to-night."
 
@@ -8330,7 +8305,7 @@ bad things were about and near us."
 
 "Witches on broomsticks and malignant fairies," suggested Arthur.
 
-Adèle laughed: "Not exactly. I lost my faith in them a few years ago;
+Adèle laughed: "Not exactly. I lost my faith in them a few years ago;
 indeed, by the bye, I never believed in them. My fairies were always
 pretty and good. This storm makes me think of wicked people more than
 wicked spirits. There! look! That yellow, sinister-looking flash
@@ -8349,17 +8324,17 @@ at Middlethorpe Station, then a two hours' drive. I hope it is all
 right, but I can't help wishing I had got the old woman to start last
 night."
 
-"What are you afraid of, dear?" said Adèle nervously.
+"What are you afraid of, dear?" said Adèle nervously.
 
 Arthur laughed, but there was something forced in his mirth: "We'll
-draw the curtains, Adèle. You have infected me with your fancies. I
+draw the curtains, Adèle. You have infected me with your fancies. I
 really feel as if something uncanny were abroad to-night." They sat
 down together to the tea-table luxuriously spread with rich plate and
 china. There were no hot fumes of gas to poison the atmosphere, but a
 silver reading-lamp cast its warm light upon the table, leaving the
 heavy crimson curtains in their long folds, the tall stately bookcases
 and the oaken cabinet in shadow. It was a pleasant room, restful to the
-senses. Adèle looked round her. "How comfortable we are here to-night,
+senses. Adèle looked round her. "How comfortable we are here to-night,
 Arthur! and," as a sullen crash of thunder and the splash of falling
 rain came from outside, "how desolate it must be out there! Oh, Arthur,
 why can't every one be as happy and comfortable as we are?"
@@ -8373,14 +8348,14 @@ least not to disturb one's self;" and then he added more gravely, "I
 think if we each do our best to lessen the amount of human suffering,
 we may safely enjoy our own happiness."
 
-"And you are doing yours," said Adèle, looking admiringly at the young
+"And you are doing yours," said Adèle, looking admiringly at the young
 face ennobled by its transient gravity; "if you succeed in bringing
 back happiness to that _one_ life, it will be something to have lived
 for."
 
 "If I succeed!" Arthur sighed; some of the rebellious thoughts of the
 preceding evening were troubling him once more. He rose and paced the
-room. "I feel so restless, Adèle," he said in explanation. "When this
+room. "I feel so restless, Adèle," he said in explanation. "When this
 storm has cleared off a little I shall go out for a stroll."
 
 Was there a reason for his restlessness? Had some electric current,
@@ -8535,7 +8510,7 @@ scene, and ever and anon came the sullen crash of thunder through the
 darkness.
 
 The sun had gone down, the twilight had passed into the storm-darkness;
-it was about the time when Adèle and Arthur had been discussing the
+it was about the time when Adèle and Arthur had been discussing the
 mental effects produced by tempest in the closely-curtained library,
 and sending out the warm compassion of their young souls to the world's
 great army of mourners. Margaret Grey sat beside her parlor-window
@@ -9220,12 +9195,12 @@ attendant.
 Mrs. Foster made up her mind to write to her young master and point out
 to him that her further presence would be unnecessary. But the next
 morning brought a change. There were two letters--one for Margaret and
-one for the old woman. Adèle and Arthur had both written to announce
+one for the old woman. Adèle and Arthur had both written to announce
 the pleasing fact of their arrival.
 
 Margaret was in bed when her letters came, but the sight of them
 revived her. Her new champion was more active than the lawyer; he had
-news, Adèle said, and he would bring it. For although the strange
+news, Adèle said, and he would bring it. For although the strange
 events of the last few days had had the effect of dividing Margaret's
 thoughts in a measure, yet this was still her one haunting desire--to
 see Maurice once more, to let him at least hear of her, to have him
@@ -9332,55 +9307,55 @@ through the branches of the stately cedar which flanked the little
 house on one side, while through the fragrant limes on the other side
 came the glimmer of the starlit sea.
 
-"How pretty and quiet it all looks!" said Adèle to her cousin as they
+"How pretty and quiet it all looks!" said Adèle to her cousin as they
 approached the cottage. "And that's the place, I feel sure; it is just
 what I expected to see. Now I know I shall get well soon."
 
 She leant back in the carriage with a little sigh, for Arthur was
 paying scarcely any attention to her words. She could see his face in
-the moonlight rapt and eager, and Adèle felt almost sick for a moment
+the moonlight rapt and eager, and Adèle felt almost sick for a moment
 with the longing that _she_ might ever be able to call that look into
 his face. He turned to her at last. "It is all right," he said in a
 tone of intense relief; "I see her."
 
-Adèle looked at him in simple wonder: "And whom did you expect to see,
+Adèle looked at him in simple wonder: "And whom did you expect to see,
 Arthur?"
 
-Arthur turned away in slight confusion. He did not wish Adèle to know
+Arthur turned away in slight confusion. He did not wish Adèle to know
 that the kind of uneasiness aroused by the storm had never left his
 mind--that he had been haunted by a certain inexplicable fear which
 nothing but the sight of Margaret herself could take away. He did not
-answer Adèle's question, but proceeded to gather together the bags and
+answer Adèle's question, but proceeded to gather together the bags and
 parcels.
 
 The landlady was at the gate, with curtseyed welcome, ready for any
 consignment; Margaret was on the steps of the front door; the old woman
 was behind her. Arthur for the first few moments had to be contented
 with her and with a nod and a smile from Margaret, whose warmest
-welcome was for Adèle. "Come in, come in," she said, holding out both
+welcome was for Adèle. "Come in, come in," she said, holding out both
 her hands; "I thought it almost too good to be true when I read your
 letter this morning. But you have come, my poor, pale child, and we
 must take care of you and make you strong." She drew her into her own
 room: "Will you share this with me for the present, dear? I can look
 after you better so."
 
-Adèle was weak and tired. She could scarcely keep from tears as she
+Adèle was weak and tired. She could scarcely keep from tears as she
 threw her arms round Margaret's neck in her impulsive girlishness. "I
-am so glad to come," she said. "And oh! I wanted to thank you!" Adèle
+am so glad to come," she said. "And oh! I wanted to thank you!" Adèle
 was thinking of the little scene in the library.
 
 "Thank me, dear!" replied Margaret, gently removing the young girl's
 hat as she spoke, and smoothing back her hair with a loving hand. "What
 shall I say to you, then, my faithful friend, who has believed in me
 through everything?" She spoke lightly, but there was an undertone of
-deep emotion in her voice. "We shall have plenty to talk about, Adèle,
+deep emotion in her voice. "We shall have plenty to talk about, Adèle,
 but this evening is to be given to rejoicing. I feel as if it were the
 opening of a new era in our lives--as if happiness, that capricious
 little deity, were hiding somewhere very near us. Come into the
 dining-room; your cousin will become impatient if we shut ourselves up
 _too_ long."
 
-They went together into the little parlor; and when Arthur saw Adèle's
+They went together into the little parlor; and when Arthur saw Adèle's
 glistening eyes and noted Margaret's loving little attentions to her
 guest, he felt sorely inclined once more to be jealous of his cousin;
 but he did not allow this to be seen, and the evening passed away
@@ -9388,7 +9363,7 @@ very happily. Harmony, that sweet, rare guest, seemed to reign in the
 little household. Every one was comfortable and happy. The undisguised
 satisfaction of the old woman, who began dimly to see through some
 of the mysteries that had been perplexing her; the happiness of
-Adèle, wavering between smiles and tears, and taking a final refuge
+Adèle, wavering between smiles and tears, and taking a final refuge
 in the former; the confidence and peace which seemed for the moment
 to have taken possession of Margaret; Arthur's apparent contentment
 and overflowing merriment; the quiet, respectful attentions of the
@@ -9456,28 +9431,28 @@ this "_him_" for whom he was working so disinterestedly. For Margaret
 looked more beautiful than ever--at least he thought so as she sat
 there in the moonlight. The young man in his boyish enthusiasm could
 have fallen before her, and, holding her feet, have worshipped her.
-But she was so utterly unconscious. Adèle meanwhile was lying on the
+But she was so utterly unconscious. Adèle meanwhile was lying on the
 sofa, listening and watching. She was trying to acquiesce in it all,
 trying to feel it right that her Arthur should take so deep an interest
 in another woman--for she knew his face well, she had read that sudden
 longing--she was trying to rejoice in Margaret's unconsciousness and
 her cousin's truth; but the little aching was at her heart. Margaret
 had been, for the moment, absorbed in her own hopes and fears; as
-Arthur spoke the last words, however, she thought suddenly of Adèle,
+Arthur spoke the last words, however, she thought suddenly of Adèle,
 and crossing to the sofa she sat down by her side.
 
 "Forgive me," she said softly.
 
 "What for, Mrs. Grey?"
 
-Adèle lifted her eyes to her friend's face, and Margaret saw that tears
+Adèle lifted her eyes to her friend's face, and Margaret saw that tears
 were not far off.
 
 "For sending _your_ Arthur away on this wild search," she whispered.
 And Arthur, who had been standing at the window gazing regretfully at
 the stars, and thinking with some discontent of life's contradictions,
 heard what she said. The words were like a reproach. They made him
-think of Adèle's self-forgetfulness; they brought back to him the
+think of Adèle's self-forgetfulness; they brought back to him the
 gentle scene of that stormy night.
 
 He turned resolutely from the window, and placing himself at the head
@@ -9491,7 +9466,7 @@ aimless life; then after we first met you, and she and I had made up
 our minds you had some great sorrow, she tried to bring me near to you;
 and finally, the other day, when, as I told you, part of your history
 came to us, she sent me off to see you and find out the truth; her
-orders were--Shall I repeat them, Adèle?"
+orders were--Shall I repeat them, Adèle?"
 
 He had succeeded in making her pale cheeks a "celestial rosy red."
 
@@ -9500,14 +9475,14 @@ Mrs. Grey, that my cousin is rather given to exaggeration?"
 
 "Am I to believe all this is exaggeration?" replied Margaret. And
 then she stooped and kissed the young girl's glowing face. "It is so
-very like the truth, Adèle, that you must allow me the happiness of
+very like the truth, Adèle, that you must allow me the happiness of
 believing it. I shall take the services of your knight as your gift,
 and we shall watch together for his safe return."
 
-"And remember, Adèle," said Arthur impressively, "no flirting in my
+"And remember, Adèle," said Arthur impressively, "no flirting in my
 absence. Mrs. Grey, I shall make you responsible."
 
-Margaret laughed, and Adèle answered gayly, for her bright spirits were
+Margaret laughed, and Adèle answered gayly, for her bright spirits were
 rapidly returning, "Pray, sir, with what am I to flirt? As far as I can
 see already, there are no objects but stones and waves, and I fear that
 on them my fascinations would be thrown away. Mrs. Grey, have you many
@@ -9515,13 +9490,13 @@ visitors in this place in the summer?"
 
 "Principally nurses and babies; I fear it will be dull for you."
 
-"Dull!" said Adèle rapturously, "with you and the sea! Why, this is
+"Dull!" said Adèle rapturously, "with you and the sea! Why, this is
 the kind of dulness I have been craving for. If you only knew how
-delightful it is to escape from soirées and dinner-parties, and, more
+delightful it is to escape from soirées and dinner-parties, and, more
 hateful still, afternoon callers! But have you nothing else to tell
 Mrs. Grey, Arthur?"
 
-"Very little more, Adèle. I think I told you, Mrs. Grey, that we had
+"Very little more, Adèle. I think I told you, Mrs. Grey, that we had
 traced your little girl to Southampton. We sent an agent there, and
 to-day my solicitor, Golding, had a telegram from him. Travellers
 answering exactly to our description seem to have taken tickets to
@@ -9565,7 +9540,7 @@ it silently, then turning it she touched a clasp at the back. Between
 the gold and the ivory lay a scrap of yellow paper. With a sudden
 impulse she crushed it in her hand, then smoothing it out carefully she
 read it by the candlelight. The words written were few and simple: "A
-Mddles. Marguerite et Laure, des amitiés bien sincères--L'ESTRANGE;"
+Mddles. Marguerite et Laure, des amitiés bien sincères--L'ESTRANGE;"
 but the strong man's hand that had traced them had trembled visibly,
 and as the woman whose dignity he had outraged, whose treasure, as she
 believed, he had stolen, looked on them that night, she remembered how
@@ -9579,7 +9554,7 @@ forgive me!" she murmured; "I would have kept your treasure; I cannot."
 With the other hand she took the piece of yellow paper and held it in
 the flames till it was consumed. Then replacing the first miniature,
 she shut and locked the box, put it back in its place with scrupulous
-care, and returned to Adèle and Arthur.
+care, and returned to Adèle and Arthur.
 
 There was no trace of agitation in Margaret's manner as she held out
 the miniature.
@@ -9613,7 +9588,7 @@ the hotel, and as I find the first train to York leaves this--or rather
 the station--at half-past seven in the morning, it will be best to make
 my adieus to-night."
 
-"How soon shall we hear from you?" said Adèle, her lip trembling.
+"How soon shall we hear from you?" said Adèle, her lip trembling.
 
 "As soon as ever I can send a letter. I mean to travel night and day,
 therefore you must not be surprised if some days pass."
@@ -10015,7 +9990,7 @@ his short-sighted folly. He knelt down beside her in the carriage, and
 she saw that his face was very pale and that real tears were in his
 eyes.
 
-"Ma fillette, ma chèrie," he whispered, for in his emotion the English
+"Ma fillette, ma chèrie," he whispered, for in his emotion the English
 endearments sounded hard and cold, "be patient--trust me."
 
 For a few moments Laura was soothed, but still, as there came the gleam
@@ -10307,8 +10282,8 @@ He read her thought: "Come here, Laura."
 She went quietly to his side, and he drew her on to his knees. "I knew
 another Laura once," he said quietly, stroking back her hair; "she
 was the sister of your mother; but she is dead now, pauvre enfant!"
-And then he continued, as if talking to himself: "Comme elle était
-gentille, la chère petite!"
+And then he continued, as if talking to himself: "Comme elle était
+gentille, la chère petite!"
 
 "That must be my aunt Laura," said the child; "mamma has a picture of
 her, and I kiss it sometimes."
@@ -10326,16 +10301,16 @@ here, all ready to be sent, and if you like some of your big letters
 can go inside. You shall put it in the postbox yourself, that you may
 trust your old friend as the other Laura did. I told you about her
 because of what she used to call me. I should like you to do the same.
-It was _mon père_. Can you say that?"
+It was _mon père_. Can you say that?"
 
-"Mon père," said Laura, in her small childish voice. Then she thought
+"Mon père," said Laura, in her small childish voice. Then she thought
 a few moments: "That means my father, doesn't it? But you are not my
 papa."
 
 "I must be your father till you find your own, Laura," he said gravely.
 "Shall it be so?"
 
-"Yes, mon père," said the child, smiling up into his face.
+"Yes, mon père," said the child, smiling up into his face.
 
 And from that moment she never doubted her protector. He on his part
 became more determined than ever in the pursuit of his new object.
@@ -10522,9 +10497,9 @@ As they distanced him the child gave a sigh: "I'm so glad he's gone!"
 
 "Why, then, did you not like him, ma mie?"
 
-"No, mon père, not at all; he doesn't look good."
+"No, mon père, not at all; he doesn't look good."
 
-"I think the bébé is right," he said in a low tone; "mais que faut il
+"I think the bébé is right," he said in a low tone; "mais que faut il
 faire?--Little wise one," he continued aloud, "we must take the people
 as we find them, some good and some bad, making our own use of them
 all. Is that too hard a philosophy for the little brain?"
@@ -10612,7 +10587,7 @@ them to me, and say what thoughts are in the busy little brain at this
 moment?"
 
 The child smiled: "I was thinking about the moon and about mamma, mon
-père. I was wondering if she is looking at the moon now, and if she got
+père. I was wondering if she is looking at the moon now, and if she got
 my letter, and if she misses me very much."
 
 Her simple reflections did not satisfy her friend. I think at the
@@ -10642,7 +10617,7 @@ with strength, while evermore in the sunny lands dreams gained ground,
 and weakness followed in their train, till at last what is it that we
 see? In the city where Pericles ruled, where Socrates taught, where
 Plato reasoned, they dream and do not; in imperial Rome a shadow, an
-old mediæval fiction, has kept the people from freedom as they gloried
+old mediæval fiction, has kept the people from freedom as they gloried
 in the past and dreamed about the future, and in the mean time we of
 the gray North are rapidly casting from us almost everything but what
 we can see, taste, hold and understand.
@@ -10782,7 +10757,7 @@ sorrows in wonder and delight, he brought his trouble to his young
 oracle. "Have you ever been naughty, Laura?" he asked, looking down
 upon her with a smile that was almost one of incredulity.
 
-The child smiled: "Oh yes, mon père--a number of times."
+The child smiled: "Oh yes, mon père--a number of times."
 
 "And what did you do, ma fillette?--when you were naughty, I mean."
 
@@ -10867,14 +10842,14 @@ to do what? To take his revenge by proclaiming in words that could
 not be denied the purity of his forsaken wife--by giving up into his
 keeping the child whose young love he had despised. And if, after all,
 he should be unworthy of this happiness? L'Estrange was walking through
-the Champs Elysées with Laura late in the afternoon of a sultry day
+the Champs Elysées with Laura late in the afternoon of a sultry day
 when this thought dawned upon him.
 
 He stopped, and sitting down on one of the chairs drew the child to
 his knees. There was a fierce determination in his face that half
 frightened her.
 
-"Mon père!" she said gently.
+"Mon père!" she said gently.
 
 He turned his face from her and hid it with his hand. L'Estrange was
 vowing a great vow with himself.
@@ -10920,7 +10895,7 @@ She smiled--a smile that looked rather dangerous: "Your associates
 would not have been the same. Continue then, mon ami. Are we not
 friends?"
 
-"Of course, of course," he said hastily. "Ma chère, what a little goose
+"Of course, of course," he said hastily. "Ma chère, what a little goose
 you are, taking up a fellow in this serious kind of style! You see,
 it's all your own fault--you put me out of temper by talking about that
 prig. I believe he has buried himself in the wilds. I saw him last in
@@ -10936,7 +10911,7 @@ her wiles on the Englishman, and tried them in vain; so much the better
 for him."
 
 After a few more light words, Laurette and her companion turned into
-a brilliantly-lit and decorated _café_. L'Estrange walked slowly back
+a brilliantly-lit and decorated _café_. L'Estrange walked slowly back
 to the seat where he had left Laura. His face was very pale and his
 fine mouth was quivering. A fear had been partially laid to rest, but
 it might be that even in the fear a hope, the shadow of self-love, had
@@ -10998,7 +10973,7 @@ L'Estrange rang the bell, and there came a respectable middle-aged
 woman to the door. She smiled her recognition, then put out her hand
 and drew them in.
 
-"C'est toi, donc, mon ami? et, mon Dieu! un bébé! Comment! Mais entre
+"C'est toi, donc, mon ami? et, mon Dieu! un bébé! Comment! Mais entre
 toujours."
 
 She took the candle from the concierge, and preceded them up stairs
@@ -11012,16 +10987,16 @@ L'Estrange stopped her:
 
 She shrugged her shoulders, a significant gesture. Marie was a very old
 friend, and L'Estrange had been her benefactor. She knew his weakness.
-"As you will, mon ami," she answered, "but this bébé wants rest," she
+"As you will, mon ami," she answered, "but this bébé wants rest," she
 continued in English, approaching the child and stroking her fair hair
 caressingly.
 
-The bébé had been sitting in a large arm-chair, looking curiously
+The bébé had been sitting in a large arm-chair, looking curiously
 about her. She was perfectly happy and comfortable, for her friend was
 with her, and Marie's benevolent face and pleasant cheerful voice had
 inspired her with confidence.
 
-"I'm not at all tired, thank you," she said; "mon père carried me a
+"I'm not at all tired, thank you," she said; "mon père carried me a
 long way."
 
 The woman turned round abruptly: "This is not yours, Adolphe?"
@@ -11088,7 +11063,7 @@ who was hoping for an answer to her big letters, and L'Estrange, who
 was looking passionately for one line to tell him that he was forgiven
 and understood, were both destined to disappointment. There was a
 letter, however, an English letter, which partially explained the
-mystery of the attempt to recapture Laura on the Champs Elysées.
+mystery of the attempt to recapture Laura on the Champs Elysées.
 
 Mr. Robinson, that most respectable of solicitors, had been highly
 satisfied with the contents of the mysterious little packet which
@@ -11170,7 +11145,7 @@ trouble. It was in the form of a parable. "Laura," he murmured--the
 darkness was gathering, and two or three stars had begun to shine out
 in the sky--"look up: what do you see?"
 
-"The sky, mon père; and now, ah, see! the stars are beginning to
+"The sky, mon père; and now, ah, see! the stars are beginning to
 shine--one, two, three. I can see them in the water too."
 
 "Do you know what it is that makes them so bright, fillette?"
@@ -11219,7 +11194,7 @@ remembrance of her presence, he smiled: "I promised a story, and ma
 fillette will scarcely understand such philosophy yet. It was a prelude
 to the tale. Listen, then, ma mie. Those bright things up there are
 alive. Each one has its spirit, a being more beautiful than we of earth
-can conceive. I must describe them, must I? Hélas, bébé! I fear it
+can conceive. I must describe them, must I? Hélas, bébé! I fear it
 is beyond me. I must tell, then, of things that have not for me the
 beauty they once had--the golden dawn, and the silver twilight, and
 the freshness of early youth, and the mildness of sunset skies. Put
@@ -11297,7 +11272,7 @@ sea was running high, and as usual the sailors had looked up for their
 star, that they might know no rocks were near. Think of their despair
 when they found it not! Ah! there was one great ship full of women and
 little children. The sailors had lost their way. They looked up for
-the star which had guided them so often: hélas! its bright shining was
+the star which had guided them so often: hélas! its bright shining was
 swallowed up by the darkness. They took a wrong path in the waters,
 the big ship struck upon a rock, the women and little children were
 drowned. The star-spirit did not know this. He felt no sadness that
@@ -11379,7 +11354,7 @@ Something of his sadness and a knowledge of its cause had penetrated
 the child's soul through his parable. Her eyes filled with tears. She
 looked up at the starry multitude, shining out now in their full glory
 above her, with a new love. At last she spoke, laying her head against
-his breast: "But, mon père, the spirit of the star shone out still?"
+his breast: "But, mon père, the spirit of the star shone out still?"
 
 He answered sadly: "Mon enfant, I know no more."
 
@@ -11501,7 +11476,7 @@ very weary-looking and sad. Fatigue, anxiety and want of sleep were
 gradually taking their effect on his strong frame, while the close air
 of the room in his weak condition almost overpowered him.
 
-"Mon père," she said, clinging to him, "how pale you look!"
+"Mon père," she said, clinging to him, "how pale you look!"
 
 He tried to rouse himself: "I am tired, fillette."
 
@@ -11585,7 +11560,7 @@ cloaked into the room where she was sitting.
 
 He looked at her earnestly: "And to give up my treasure."
 
-She clung to him: "He won't take me away, mon père. We shall all go
+She clung to him: "He won't take me away, mon père. We shall all go
 home to mamma together."
 
 Her friend smiled, but he shook his head, and Laura's heart sank and
@@ -11661,7 +11636,7 @@ self-contained.
 His newly-formed resolutions were not yet destined to be fulfilled.
 Time and distance still separated him from Maurice Grey.
 
-He had gathered from the conversation overheard in the Champs Elysées
+He had gathered from the conversation overheard in the Champs Elysées
 an approximation to the truth, though some diplomacy was necessary
 before anything could be wormed out of the crafty Russian.
 
@@ -11808,7 +11783,7 @@ L'Estrange's ruse had succeeded, and never again had Arthur or the
 agent he employed been able to recover them.
 
 The only consolation that could be derived from the chance encounter in
-the Champs Elysées was in the relation that appeared to exist between
+the Champs Elysées was in the relation that appeared to exist between
 the child and this man. He was evidently kind to her, for the agent,
 who reported their conversation accurately, told of her indignation
 when he so foolishly began to abuse her friend, and also of her little
@@ -11823,7 +11798,7 @@ In any case, of one blessed fact she might rest assured--for the
 child's companion had been seen, and dark as the night was the agent
 had recognized the original of Margaret's miniature--her husband was
 innocent of this last, this bitterest wrong and humiliation. _He_ had
-not removed his child from her care. The letter was addressed to Adèle,
+not removed his child from her care. The letter was addressed to Adèle,
 but it was written for Margaret. It told of that evening's interview,
 of his wanderings up to that moment and of his further hopes.
 
@@ -11889,7 +11864,7 @@ He tried gentleness, coaxing her by all kinds of bribes to remain with
 him, only for a few minutes; but the child grew the more frightened;
 crying bitterly, she tried with all her small strength to loosen his
 grasp on her arm. It was in vain, and Laura in her despair called aloud
-for help: "Mon père! mon père!"
+for help: "Mon père! mon père!"
 
 Arthur began to think they had all been mistaken, that her father
 had actually taken her away, but he had scarcely time to come to any
@@ -11994,7 +11969,7 @@ but when it was over, when she and her protector were once more in
 the train, travelling rapidly southward, she was agitated at the
 remembrance of what had passed.
 
-"Mon père," she said, clinging to him fearfully, "why do they all try
+"Mon père," she said, clinging to him fearfully, "why do they all try
 to take me away from you?"
 
 He looked down at her earnestly: "Because they know not how much I love
@@ -12009,7 +11984,7 @@ The child clasped her hands: "I hope, oh I hope, papa will know."
 "But you, ma belle enfant--you will wish to go back with your father.
 Is it not so?"
 
-"Back to mamma?" said the child. "Oh yes, mon père, but you must go
+"Back to mamma?" said the child. "Oh yes, mon père, but you must go
 too."
 
 He looked down upon her with a sudden pain in his eyes: "Kiss me,
@@ -12179,7 +12154,7 @@ Swiss rubbed their hands, stamped their feet and looked defiantly at
 a threatening storm-cloud that was rising up behind them; the German
 tried to get up a shadow of enthusiasm. He stared, with what was
 meant to be earnestness, through his spectacles, emitted a series of
-"wunderschöns and wunderhübschs," and strove dutifully to think that
+"wunderschöns and wunderhübschs," and strove dutifully to think that
 this was seeing life and entering sympathetically into Nature's most
 secret joys--the joy of the torrent, the delight of the snow-whirl.
 Perhaps it was scarcely matter for surprise that his enthusiasm left
@@ -12347,7 +12322,7 @@ the ordinary dwelling of the Swiss herdsman.
 
 Maurice Grey was tired of hotel-life when he came upon this treasure
 trove. Life in the mountains, with the constant companionship of
-ignorant tourists, would-be enthusiasts and _blasé_ fashionables (for
+ignorant tourists, would-be enthusiasts and _blasé_ fashionables (for
 Maurice, though touched and charmed by Nature's beauty, had not arrived
 at the higher point of seeing beauty in humanity), was scarcely the
 life of solitude he had been seeking.
@@ -12433,7 +12408,7 @@ had drunk from the bitter waters of his own dark soul.
 As days and weeks passed on that soul grew darker. Even the faithful
 Karl, who was strongly attached to his English master, began to fear
 his strange moods and wonder vaguely at his caprices, recalling the
-weird märchen that had fed his boyhood in his Black Forest home--of
+weird märchen that had fed his boyhood in his Black Forest home--of
 men haunted with the spirit of evil, condemned to wander for ever,
 seeking rest and finding none; of ghosts that had taken to themselves
 a fleshly home, and living with human beings had been considered human
@@ -12485,7 +12460,7 @@ tremulous joy--days of moody abstraction, when even the blue heavens
 irritated him by their calm beauty, when the white snow-peaks glared
 and dazzled and robed themselves in dark palls: days too he had when a
 better spirit seemed to be taking possession of him, when the spirit of
-good brooded over his soul, when from the everlasting pæan of hill and
+good brooded over his soul, when from the everlasting pæan of hill and
 vale, of rustling leaves, rushing torrents and tuneful birds the shadow
 of a peace that might yet be his descended on his soul. And still Karl
 came and went, leaving the hermit in the morning, returning with early
@@ -12673,7 +12648,7 @@ resting-point and suitable centre for many excursions. But at this
 time, as Karl had wisely predicted, it was nearly empty. The flock of
 guides who during the summer months had been accustomed to haunt its
 approach had gone home to their families and their winter-life among
-the herds of cattle and goats; the _dépendances_ were entirely closed,
+the herds of cattle and goats; the _dépendances_ were entirely closed,
 and many of the windows of the hotel itself showed white blinds and a
 general appearance of being shut up for the time.
 
@@ -12727,7 +12702,7 @@ sensational event which had that day formed the one topic of
 conversation in the little village.
 
 It will be as well, perhaps, to take the story out of his hands and
-to give in a few words a _résumé_ of what, with interruptions and
+to give in a few words a _résumé_ of what, with interruptions and
 circumlocutions manifold, the landlord made comprehensible at last to
 his new guest.
 
@@ -12754,7 +12729,7 @@ meeting or having any intercourse one with the other, for the elderly
 gentleman had been suffering so acutely that he never left his room,
 and the child would not leave his side.
 
-On the third or fourth day he appeared at the _table d'hôte,_
+On the third or fourth day he appeared at the _table d'hôte,_
 accompanied by the little girl, and seats were placed for them exactly
 opposite to those occupied by the Austrians. The lady and one of the
 gentlemen were already seated when they entered.
@@ -12832,7 +12807,7 @@ affect himself at all with the miseries of forsaken husbands or runaway
 wives? It is an ill wind that blows nobody good, and the landlord, to
 speak truly, was not discontented with the kind of notoriety which this
 romantic tale, told and retold as it might very probably be--especially
-if the _dénouement_ should turn out to be tragic--would bring upon his
+if the _dénouement_ should turn out to be tragic--would bring upon his
 house.
 
 Maurice Grey read something of this in the man's eyes, and in his turn
@@ -13000,7 +12975,7 @@ remarking curiously the very few who from time to time passed up and
 down the snow-shrouded paths and alleys. A woman-servant, apparently
 looking for some kind of herb; two waiters, who walked rapidly up and
 down as if enjoying the keen air and glittering sunshine; the landlady,
-in morning undress, crossing to the _dépendance_ in the grounds, and
+in morning undress, crossing to the _dépendance_ in the grounds, and
 returning with some utensil which had been left there accidentally;
 finally--and this it was that riveted Maurice's attention--a traveller,
 probably a new arrival, for the landlord had given Maurice a detailed
@@ -13032,7 +13007,7 @@ complex a thing, driven hither and thither by trifles light as air.
 Maurice Grey turned away from the window, looked with a half smile,
 half tremor at the loaded pistol, put it in a safe place lest Karl
 should see fit to meddle with it, and proceeded to dress himself
-carefully for the early _table-d'hôte_ dinner.
+carefully for the early _table-d'hôte_ dinner.
 
 And thus, though he himself was all unconscious of the fact, the work
 of Margaret's messenger was begun.
@@ -13042,7 +13017,7 @@ of Margaret's messenger was begun.
 
 CHAPTER VIII.
 
-_A TÊTE-À-TÊTE DINNER AT THE HOTEL._
+_A TÊTE-À-TÊTE DINNER AT THE HOTEL._
 
     For how false is the fairest breast!
       How little worth, if true!
@@ -13178,7 +13153,7 @@ Arthur bowed, as in acknowledgment of this peculiar kind of
 introduction. "I must confess," he replied, "that Mr. Grey is known to
 me by fame, and being so far in advance of you I must ask you to be
 obliging enough to accept my card. If, as I suppose, we are to dine in
-this way tête-à-tête for some few days to come, it is as well that we
+this way tête-à-tête for some few days to come, it is as well that we
 should at least know each other by name."
 
 "Thank you," replied Maurice cordially. He was at a loss to account for
@@ -13197,7 +13172,7 @@ kind of thing that one finds at home. Here one can't get even decent
 tobacco; there is nothing to be had in the way of drink but sour wine.
 As for the cooking, some people praise it very highly; but--" As he
 spoke there came up a little dish of vegetables swimming in butter.
-"Bah! they call _that_ an _entrée_, I suppose."
+"Bah! they call _that_ an _entrée_, I suppose."
 
 Maurice laughed, and helped himself to the obnoxious dish: "You see
 what wandering does. _I_ have become cosmopolitan in my tastes. From
@@ -13428,7 +13403,7 @@ understand this some day.
 
 "Never!" said Arthur earnestly; "God grant that day may never come! I
 know women on whose constancy and purity I would stake my life." He was
-thinking of Margaret and Adèle.
+thinking of Margaret and Adèle.
 
 Maurice looked at him curiously. For the second time he saw that in
 Arthur's face which made him think there might possibly be a meaning
@@ -13605,13 +13580,13 @@ on his strong frame.
 When, early on the following morning, the little Laura went into her
 friend's room, she found him stretched on the sofa pale and gaunt, like
 one who has passed through a death-agony. She noticed the change at
-once, and ran to his side: "Mon père is worse?"
+once, and ran to his side: "Mon père is worse?"
 
 "Yes, Laura," he replied; then he took her small face in his hands,
 and holding it there for a few moments gazed on it earnestly: "Petite
-chèrie, we must lose no time."
+chèrie, we must lose no time."
 
-"In finding papa?" replied the little one seriously. "Mon père, I think
+"In finding papa?" replied the little one seriously. "Mon père, I think
 it will be soon. Last night I dreamt I saw him. Is he here, in this
 house, I wonder?"
 
@@ -13620,12 +13595,12 @@ and this makes you imaginative. It is a fine day. We must ask the good
 girl who waits on you to take you for a run on the crisp snow."
 
 The little girl clapped her hands. "Yes," she said, "it will be nice,
-but mon père must have breakfast first."
+but mon père must have breakfast first."
 
 She rang the bell and proceeded to arrange everything, to have the
 stove lighted, to set out the breakfast-things in their little
-sitting-room, and to superintend the preparation of chocolate _à la
-Française_, for Laura had become quite a little woman in her ways:
+sitting-room, and to superintend the preparation of chocolate _à la
+Française_, for Laura had become quite a little woman in her ways:
 then, as she saw that her friend was still suffering, she sat by his
 side and sang to him in her sweet, childish way till his eyes closed.
 The little child-heart, by the outcome of its tenderness, had brought
@@ -13639,12 +13614,12 @@ a little patch of glowing red.
 
 He called her to his side, and lifting her on to his knees took off her
 warm cloak and hood with all the tenderness of a woman, then stroking
-back her fair hair he kissed her on the brow. "Laura, petite chèrie,"
+back her fair hair he kissed her on the brow. "Laura, petite chèrie,"
 he said in a low tone, as if speaking to himself rather than addressing
 her, "the time has nearly come."
 
 She put her arms round his neck, and resting her fair head on his
-shoulder looked up into his strong, pale face. "What time, mon père?"
+shoulder looked up into his strong, pale face. "What time, mon père?"
 she asked in an awed whisper.
 
 "When thou and I must part, fillette."
@@ -13654,10 +13629,10 @@ bracing air, the brilliant sunshine, the glittering snow had breathed a
 spirit of gladness into her heart. She could not see the necessity for
 such sad forebodings.
 
-"Mon père," she answered eagerly, "you should not say things like that;
+"Mon père," she answered eagerly, "you should not say things like that;
 indeed, indeed, it's very wrong. You are going back with me to mamma,
 who'll be ever so glad to see us; and my own papa is to be found: he
-will thank you, mon père, for bringing me, and then we shall all be
+will thank you, mon père, for bringing me, and then we shall all be
 _so_ happy together."
 
 For this was always the end of the child's plans. She could not
@@ -13675,7 +13650,7 @@ that concerned those inhabitants of the house in whom L'Estrange was
 interested. He heard of the hue-and-cry that followed the Austrian
 lady, and of her husband's despair; he heard of the several arrivals,
 first Maurice Grey's, and then Arthur Forrest's; he knew that they
-had dined together tête-à-tête and sat a long time over their wine,
+had dined together tête-à-tête and sat a long time over their wine,
 evidently in deep converse; finally, when the two men were closeted in
 Maurice's room, his confidential emissary was hovering about, ready to
 report the slightest extraordinary demonstration. For L'Estrange did
@@ -13996,7 +13971,7 @@ finished a general cleaning up when her master and his visitor arrived.
 
 The dinner was certainly plain, but the two Englishmen did justice to
 it--Arthur perhaps appreciating it all the more for the absence of any
-suspicious-looking _entrées_.
+suspicious-looking _entrées_.
 
 "What do you think?" said Maurice when they both paused at last from
 sheer exhaustion. "This is a very rough place; can you manage to put up
@@ -14359,7 +14334,7 @@ and degree may be known at once by his bearing.
 
 Their route was very lonely. It would have shocked an American
 traveller, who does not care to pass over any but well-frequented
-roads, where pedestrians, _chaises-à-porteur_ and heavily-laden
+roads, where pedestrians, _chaises-à-porteur_ and heavily-laden
 mules are to be met with in numbers. But with the early break-up of
 the season these things had gone. Even the small sheds where light
 refreshments are temptingly displayed in the summer months were
@@ -14438,7 +14413,7 @@ a certain reality; in the depths of her sad eyes I saw that endurance
 and self-denial are beautiful and good. It must have been early in the
 month of May--yes, I remember, the Exhibition of the Royal Academy had
 not long been open--I strolled in one day to amuse myself and pass an
-hour or two of the afternoon. My cousin and fiancée was to have met me
+hour or two of the afternoon. My cousin and fiancée was to have met me
 there. She did not appear, and I was considerably indignant, for at
 that time I believed that all womankind owed me a debt of gratitude,
 simply for being and giving them the light of my countenance. You see,
@@ -14494,11 +14469,11 @@ Maurice's cigar had died down; he was listening with apparent interest.
 "And you received a rebuff for your pains," he said lightly.
 
 Arthur flushed: "A rebuff! say rather a rebuke; and such a gentle,
-womanly one that it cut me to the very soul. I felt that, _coûte que
-coûte_, I must know more of her; but I could not do it in _that_ way,
+womanly one that it cut me to the very soul. I felt that, _coûte que
+coûte_, I must know more of her; but I could not do it in _that_ way,
 you know. I was puzzled and baffled, doubtful how to act. Then came
 in the gentle self-denial, the noble trustfulness of another woman
-to my assistance. My cousin Adèle read my sadness, and was not long
+to my assistance. My cousin Adèle read my sadness, and was not long
 in putting her finger on the cause. She helped me; she made herself
 Margaret's friend--"
 
@@ -14535,7 +14510,7 @@ in the strong arm of the law.
 
 "To baffle him and preserve her privacy she took refuge in flight; my
 cousin helped her, and from that day dated their warm friendship. She
-returned then to her own home--the little village by the seaside. Adèle
+returned then to her own home--the little village by the seaside. Adèle
 knew her address. I was not taken into their confidence; I was suffered
 to be useful, but I knew nothing, and yet even in that usefulness I
 reckoned myself happy.
@@ -14648,7 +14623,7 @@ _WAITING._
 
 Autumn had fallen upon the little village by the seaside where Margaret
 was waiting and hoping and longing, with still no tidings, or but very
-scant ones, of her lost. She and Adèle were left almost alone, for the
+scant ones, of her lost. She and Adèle were left almost alone, for the
 bleak winds and stormy seas had driven away the few visitors. It was
 a very different scene from the one which Arthur had looked in upon
 on that sunny August day not so many weeks before, for now the balmy
@@ -14662,14 +14637,14 @@ the earth desolate.
 
 The two women in the little cottage, knit together by so strange a
 tie, fought vigorously against the influence of the season, but there
-were times when it was too strong for them--times when Adèle would
+were times when it was too strong for them--times when Adèle would
 read danger in the stormy seas and long passionately for Arthur's safe
 return--times when Margaret would fear that her hope had been vain,
 that never, in all the long life that lay before her, would she see
 her husband again or know the mystery of his long forgetfulness.
 
-Through it all Margaret and Adèle clung to one another; their mutual
-friendship was a source of great comfort to both. Adèle was unlike
+Through it all Margaret and Adèle clung to one another; their mutual
+friendship was a source of great comfort to both. Adèle was unlike
 many others of her sex. The knowledge that Margaret was the woman
 who had first called out her cousin's force of character, instead of
 making her sick with jealousy, filled her soul with loving reverence
@@ -14687,7 +14662,7 @@ experience, of many woes.
 
 In any case, since that evening when Arthur left them the relations
 between them were partially reversed, for now it was Margaret who
-leaned upon Adèle for support and comfort. When her courage was about
+leaned upon Adèle for support and comfort. When her courage was about
 to fail utterly; when, weary and heart-sick, she was ready to arraign
 God himself for cruelty and injustice; when the long days which would
 have to pass before anything certain could be known seemed so hard to
@@ -14697,7 +14672,7 @@ would bring her strength, would speak with a calm assurance she was
 far from feeling, would use a gentle authority in enforcing rest that
 Margaret found it difficult to resist.
 
-"I wonder how it is, Adèle," she said one day when, after a paroxysm
+"I wonder how it is, Adèle," she said one day when, after a paroxysm
 of bitter weeping, the young girl had soothed her into something like
 rest--"I wonder how it is that you have such power? A few moments ago
 everything seemed hopeless. You tell me to hope, and my courage comes
@@ -14709,7 +14684,7 @@ moments, then added in a low tone, "I believe in God."
 Margaret put out her hand; it had grown thin and transparent during
 these last days: "Darling, I know, but He allows wrong."
 
-"Not for ever," replied Adèle firmly, taking the offered hand in her
+"Not for ever," replied Adèle firmly, taking the offered hand in her
 warm grasp. "Margaret, be patient--your wrong will end--the truth will
 be known."
 
@@ -14726,12 +14701,12 @@ brain."
 
 "I _am_ very foolish--I know it."
 
-Adèle stooped and kissed her friend: "You are weak, darling. Remember
+Adèle stooped and kissed her friend: "You are weak, darling. Remember
 how patient you were with me when my strength seemed as if it would not
 come. Now it is my turn to keep your courage up; you are wasting away
 to skin and bone with fretting, Margaret. Have faith!"
 
-"In what, Adèle?"
+"In what, Adèle?"
 
 "In yourself--in God--in the future," replied the young girl quietly.
 
@@ -14740,7 +14715,7 @@ learn in very different ways. To this young girl, trained from her
 babyhood to think of nothing better and higher than dress and gayety,
 than self-pleasing in some form, religion had come of itself.
 
-Adèle had always loved to think of the something that for ever lies
+Adèle had always loved to think of the something that for ever lies
 beyond this world and its fleeting joys; so it was not strange that
 in her hour of perplexity she should turn instinctively to this for
 comfort and help.
@@ -14756,7 +14731,7 @@ added faintly, "for the morning cometh." She paused for a few moments,
 as if in enjoyment of new rest; but suddenly, as it were, the full
 import of her thought broke over her: "Earth holds my treasures," she
 cried passionately. "God forgive me! I _cannot_ wish to leave them yet.
-Adèle, light the lamp and bring that green book from my table. An old
+Adèle, light the lamp and bring that green book from my table. An old
 story is haunting me to-night. It has followed me in my strange life,
 for sometimes it seems to me that I have loved the human too much. Will
 you read it for me, dear?"
@@ -14768,7 +14743,7 @@ She repeated some of the lines in a low tone:
     Ay, sooth we feel too strong in weal to need Thee on that road,
     But woe being come, the soul is dumb that crieth not on God.'"
 
-Adèle's eyes filled with tears: "Not to-night, dear, it sounds so
+Adèle's eyes filled with tears: "Not to-night, dear, it sounds so
 dreary."
 
 "Yes, to-night. I feel as if the good and evil were struggling together
@@ -14777,7 +14752,7 @@ long ago, when I was an uncomprehending child, used to move me to tears:
 
     "'Onora! Onora! her mother is calling.'"
 
-Adèle said no more. She began to read the "Lay of the Brown Rosary" in
+Adèle said no more. She began to read the "Lay of the Brown Rosary" in
 a soft low voice, that trembled often from excess of feeling. It seemed
 real and possible in the tremulous half light of the little room, the
 sound of boisterous winds and breaking waves running through it like a
@@ -14787,7 +14762,7 @@ of witness to its truth. She listened with apparent calm, but once or
 twice her face flushed, and now and then the tears would roll one by
 one down her pale cheeks.
 
-Adèle read well. She knew how to put the true spirit of the scene
+Adèle read well. She knew how to put the true spirit of the scene
 into the words that represented them. She came to the third part, the
 spirits of good round the maiden's bed:
 
@@ -14798,9 +14773,9 @@ spirits of good round the maiden's bed:
 when she was suddenly interrupted.
 
 Margaret had started up, her eyes and cheeks on flame, "There are steps
-outside. Adèle! Adèle! go and see."
+outside. Adèle! Adèle! go and see."
 
-Adèle went to the window, while Margaret shaded the lamp. "A man
+Adèle went to the window, while Margaret shaded the lamp. "A man
 standing outside," she said, "hunting for the latch of the gate. Be
 calm, dear; it's only the postman. He promised to come if there should
 be any letter to-night. He's very good not to have forgotten. And such
@@ -14810,14 +14785,14 @@ a night, too! Poor old fellow! I must tell Martha to give him supper."
 pillow. The flush of excitement had died out from her cheeks, leaving
 them deadly pale.
 
-Adèle forgot the letter and the postman. She rushed to her friend's
+Adèle forgot the letter and the postman. She rushed to her friend's
 side.
 
 "I thought _he_ had come back," said Margaret faintly. "Don't look so
 frightened, dear; this is nothing," but she moaned as if in pain, "O
 God! if this is to last much longer I _cannot, cannot_ bear it!"
 
-Adèle stooped to raise her friend, and her warm clasping arms spoke
+Adèle stooped to raise her friend, and her warm clasping arms spoke
 boundless love and sympathy: "Be of good courage, Margaret; perhaps
 this is to say that they are near."
 
@@ -14837,7 +14812,7 @@ upon his zeal and earnestness. But Margaret's letter from Arthur was
 eagerly seized, almost too eagerly, for when she had opened it the
 words swam before her eyes; she found it impossible to decipher it.
 
-"Read it, Adèle," she said; "my eyes are dim this evening."
+"Read it, Adèle," she said; "my eyes are dim this evening."
 
 It was the letter that had been written in Moscow--the letter that had
 begun so joyfully, that had ended in a cloud. Arthur had not let them
@@ -14859,7 +14834,7 @@ courage failed suddenly.
 She turned her face to the wall and wept. "I shall never live to see
 it," she moaned.
 
-Adèle was bewildered; she scarcely knew how to comfort her friend, for
+Adèle was bewildered; she scarcely knew how to comfort her friend, for
 her own heart was sad. This unfolding of another weary age of suspense
 and delay had disappointed her bitterly. In her despair she turned to
 the lawyer's letter. It might possibly promise hope from another source.
@@ -14878,7 +14853,7 @@ sadness in Margaret's face.
 
 She raised her head from the pillow, and throwing back the long waves
 of yellow hair from her face and eyes looked wildly at her companion.
-And then she laughed--a low hollow laugh that made Adèle shiver.
+And then she laughed--a low hollow laugh that made Adèle shiver.
 
 "In bartering love, God's love, for man's!" she cried, and leaped from
 the bed, for the madness of fever was on her. "And what is worse,
@@ -14887,7 +14862,7 @@ do you hear?--only to see him once"--from a shriek her voice sank
 into plaintive wailing--"to feel his hand upon my hair as in the old
 days--to hear him call me love, wife. Oh, Maurice, Maurice!"
 
-Adèle was frightened, but she would not call for assistance. Her tears
+Adèle was frightened, but she would not call for assistance. Her tears
 falling fast, she threw her arms round her friend and tried by gentle
 force to make her lie down again.
 
@@ -14899,28 +14874,28 @@ long years without a word, a sign; and what had I done?" Her voice
 sank, she fell back on the bed. "It was God's will. I loved him more
 than Heaven--more than goodness."
 
-The paroxysm had exhausted her. Adèle covered her feet with a shawl.
+The paroxysm had exhausted her. Adèle covered her feet with a shawl.
 Margaret closed her eyes and fell into a troubled sleep, which lasted
 about half an hour. When she awoke the room was in darkness, only the
 white moonlight streamed in under the raised blind, and there was the
-sound of bitter weeping by her bed. She put out her hand: "Adèle, are
+sound of bitter weeping by her bed. She put out her hand: "Adèle, are
 you there? What is it, dear?"
 
 "I thought you were fast asleep;" and the young girl choked back her
 sobs courageously.
 
-"But what has happened, Adèle? what makes you cry like this?"
+"But what has happened, Adèle? what makes you cry like this?"
 
 "Don't ask me, please, but try to sleep again."
 
 "Child, you must think me very selfish. Was it on my account you were
 crying? I think I must have said some strange things before I went to
 sleep, but I forget what they were--indeed, I sometimes fear my brain
-is giving way. But, Adèle dear, I can't allow you to grieve for me in
+is giving way. But, Adèle dear, I can't allow you to grieve for me in
 this way. Perhaps it was something else. Tell me. Come, I intend to
 know."
 
-She drew one of Adèle's cold little hands from her face and held it
+She drew one of Adèle's cold little hands from her face and held it
 lovingly, then the young girl told out her trouble in a few simple
 words.
 
@@ -14933,7 +14908,7 @@ compassionate, boundless in loving-kindness and truth." She wept that
 night because the friend whom she loved so deeply would not take to her
 soul the comfort of the truth that God loved her.
 
-It had come over Adèle's sympathetic heart that evening like a kind
+It had come over Adèle's sympathetic heart that evening like a kind
 of agony that the loving God is for ever, through the long ages,
 misunderstood and denied--that while He is calling in His tenderest
 tones to the stricken, they will look to any comfort rather than His
@@ -15046,24 +15021,24 @@ business and so a contrary advice be given.
 It was to accomplish this purpose that Mr. Robinson had planned an
 interview for the day succeeding that on which Arthur's letter had
 been received. That morning Margaret was better. The first paroxysm
-of disappointment had passed. Adèle's words of gentle wisdom had made
+of disappointment had passed. Adèle's words of gentle wisdom had made
 her almost ashamed of her own impatience. Better than all, perhaps, it
 was a fine, clear October day. The sun was shining; the bare trees,
 waving gracefully in the breeze, wrote their delicate tracery against
 the clear blue sky, the sea had fallen to partial rest. Margaret's
 excitement had exhausted her. She slept late. When she awoke the sun
-was high in the heavens. Adèle had long left her side, but before she
+was high in the heavens. Adèle had long left her side, but before she
 could look round inquiringly the young girl had opened the door gently
 and was creeping in to see if her friend were awake.
 
-"Come in, Adèle," said Margaret. "Why, it must be late. How is it that
+"Come in, Adèle," said Margaret. "Why, it must be late. How is it that
 you allowed me to sleep so long?"
 
 "I knew it would do you good, and I was right; you look better already.
 Now, what do you intend to do? Mr. Robinson, you know, is to be here.
 Do you feel able to see him, or shall I do it for you?"
 
-"No, no, Adèle. You are spoiling me. I must exert myself."
+"No, no, Adèle. You are spoiling me. I must exert myself."
 
 But in spite of her brave words Margaret felt very weak. It was only
 with old Martha's assistance that she could manage to make herself at
@@ -15083,7 +15058,7 @@ she had worn during her widowhood, and had returned to the pretty
 morning-dresses, the soft flowing draperies that in the old days
 Maurice had loved.
 
-On this morning Adèle thought she had never seen her friend look so
+On this morning Adèle thought she had never seen her friend look so
 fair. Her dress was of gray cashmere. It fitted closely to her slight
 form and flowed round her in ample folds. Her hair, gathered up at the
 back into thick coils, rippled off in waves of shimmering gold from
@@ -15099,7 +15074,7 @@ sitting-room, and standing with her hands resting on the back of a
 chair for support, looked earnestly into the mirror that hung over the
 fireplace.
 
-"Adèle," she said, "I am changed. There are lines in my face, there are
+"Adèle," she said, "I am changed. There are lines in my face, there are
 dark shadows under my eyes. I am a poor, pale, colorless thing. If he
 were to come back now, what would he say?"
 
@@ -15111,7 +15086,7 @@ that belonged to her susceptible nature and her eighteen years.
 But Margaret did not answer. She still looked meditatively at the
 mirror: "_If_ he cannot love me, _if_ he have not loved me for these
 long years, I would almost rather he did not come at all. It would be
-dreadful to meet his indifference. Adèle, duty might bring him."
+dreadful to meet his indifference. Adèle, duty might bring him."
 
 "And if it did, Margaret, something else would keep him."
 
@@ -15128,7 +15103,7 @@ Laura when she comes back. It will go well with her golden curls, and
 she wants something new. Dear little one! I wonder has she forgotten
 me? I scarcely think so."
 
-Adèle walked to the window to hide her tears. In the vague uncertainty,
+Adèle walked to the window to hide her tears. In the vague uncertainty,
 in the view of possible disappointment, there was something more
 pathetic in this mood of Margaret's than in that of the preceding
 night. She was just in time to meet Mr. Robinson's cold eyes. He
@@ -15141,7 +15116,7 @@ with his usual obtuseness cut short the ceremony of ringing and gaining
 admittance in the usual way, by crossing the greensward and tapping in
 his peculiarly lively manner at the window.
 
-Adèle turned round suddenly to prepare her friend for this summary
+Adèle turned round suddenly to prepare her friend for this summary
 entrance and to recover her own inclination for tears. Margaret's
 face reassured her. For the first time since Arthur had gone and the
 fever of hope-deferred had taken possession of her, Margaret looked
@@ -15155,7 +15130,7 @@ her lost darling made her recovery and return seem real and near to
 her. It brought back the quiet days when the child had been her one
 comfort and joy.
 
-"Mr. Robinson is here," said Adèle, crossing the room. Margaret looked
+"Mr. Robinson is here," said Adèle, crossing the room. Margaret looked
 up, and met a frank smile from the outside of the still closed window.
 She rose, threw up the sash, and the lawyer entered, hat in hand.
 
@@ -15166,7 +15141,7 @@ day. Mrs. Grey, you look thin; not fretting, I hope, though indeed I
 can scarcely wonder. The absurd way in which your affairs are being
 conducted is really enough to worry you."
 
-At this point Adèle looked indignant and Margaret tried to protest.
+At this point Adèle looked indignant and Margaret tried to protest.
 But the lawyer waved his hand: "One moment, Mrs. Grey; I wish to make
 no reflections. As I stated before, in my interview with Mr. Forrest
 (he took up no less than two hours of my time on a very busy day; this
@@ -15231,7 +15206,7 @@ my profession in all things.' Whether in this I am successful or no is
 not for me to say."
 
 Through all her penitence Margaret was growing impatient of this long
-harangue, and Adèle's face showed that she, at least, would not hear it
+harangue, and Adèle's face showed that she, at least, would not hear it
 much longer.
 
 Mrs. Grey broke the little interlude short: "And pray, Mr. Robinson,
@@ -15307,14 +15282,14 @@ content to leave. You will also observe that out of the capital sum I
 have deducted the total of this account. All is clearly stated in this
 document, which I am anxious for you to sign."
 
-Adèle, while the lawyer was stating his views, had been listening and
+Adèle, while the lawyer was stating his views, had been listening and
 observing. At the moment when he brought his last harangue to a climax,
 Margaret was sitting at her writing-table. The account lay open at her
 side. The deed of release, fairly copied on parchment, was under her
 hand. She felt too utterly indifferent to all these business-matters to
 be able to question anything that was told her. All she desired was the
 cessation of this wearisome importunity. She dipped her pen in the ink.
-Adèle saw how it was with her. Her younger, stronger spirit recoiled
+Adèle saw how it was with her. Her younger, stronger spirit recoiled
 from the oppression. She leaned forward suddenly and drew the pen from
 her friend's hand:
 
@@ -15334,7 +15309,7 @@ this in the afternoon."
 The lawyer rose. Margaret's invitation was a dismissal. He was obliged
 to submit to the delay, although it was a matter of great importance
 to him that the business which had brought him to Middlethorpe should
-be settled at once; but Adèle's sharp eyes, rendered far-seeing by
+be settled at once; but Adèle's sharp eyes, rendered far-seeing by
 love and anxiety, were watching him narrowly, and he would show no
 sign of anxiety. "Take your own time, my dear Mrs. Grey," he replied
 benignantly. "You must have seen and understood all along that my
@@ -15375,7 +15350,7 @@ gullible.
 
 Not finding the papers, Margaret arose and walked to the window.
 
-"Adèle, my dear," she said after a few moments' pause, "I _must_ sign
+"Adèle, my dear," she said after a few moments' pause, "I _must_ sign
 this." In her voice were the querulous tones of weakness. "That man's
 explanations will send me wild. Can you give me any solid reason for
 objecting?"
@@ -15404,7 +15379,7 @@ as dishonest."
 "But, Margaret, what can be his motive?"
 
 "How can I tell?" Again Margaret's voice sounded querulous. She said
-nothing more for some time, and Adèle forbore to press the subject; she
+nothing more for some time, and Adèle forbore to press the subject; she
 feared that already she had gone too far. It was Margaret who opened
 it again, for her mind had been working. "Allowing," she said, almost
 apologetically, "that this signature is unnecessary, I think I may
@@ -15418,7 +15393,7 @@ as he thought, perfectly charming, but after it was over he returned to
 the attack.
 
 Margaret, as it will be seen, was predisposed in favor of what he
-desired; Adèle had done her best to prevent it, but in vain. The wily
+desired; Adèle had done her best to prevent it, but in vain. The wily
 man gained his point. Margaret signed the deed with full knowledge of
 its contents. Mr. Robinson was protected, and his mind was once more at
 rest.
@@ -15459,22 +15434,22 @@ _THREATENED SEPARATION._
     Up the high wheel of heaven, it lives for aye.
 
 
-Adèle was in despair. By that evening's post a letter had arrived from
+Adèle was in despair. By that evening's post a letter had arrived from
 her mother. Mrs. Churchill was on her way to Scarborough, and her niece
 was travelling with her. They were sleeping at York that night. On the
-following day they would call for Adèle at Middlethorpe, and take her
+following day they would call for Adèle at Middlethorpe, and take her
 on with them. Again and again the date of her return to her mother's
 care had been deferred, in obedience to her wishes repeatedly and
 earnestly expressed.
 
-Mrs. Churchill, always indulgent to what she looked upon as Adèle's
+Mrs. Churchill, always indulgent to what she looked upon as Adèle's
 whims, had in consequence spent the month of September in Brighton, but
 her forbearance would extend no further. It was high time, she thought,
 that her daughter's absurd seclusion should come to an end. Her letter
 was written in a very decided manner. She wished to leave no loophole
 for excuse or further delay.
 
-It seemed to Adèle that the announcement had come just at the wrong
+It seemed to Adèle that the announcement had come just at the wrong
 time. In the long, heart-sickening anxiety of suspense, Margaret's
 strength was failing, and the young girl knew she was her chief comfort
 and help. She trembled to think how the much-tried endurance of her
@@ -15482,13 +15457,13 @@ friend might fail if she were thrown suddenly on her own resources.
 
 And Margaret had been given into her care by Arthur. The patient
 fulfilling of her task was a pledge of her love. It was not a hard
-task, for Adèle's affection, which had partaken of the fervid nature
+task, for Adèle's affection, which had partaken of the fervid nature
 of passion in the admiration of her young heart for Margaret's beauty,
 in the pity which had arisen on that first day of their meeting at the
 sight of her distress, had taken perhaps a calmer tone during these
 weeks of close intimacy, but withal a much deeper and firmer root.
 
-Adèle loved her friend so truly that she would willingly have
+Adèle loved her friend so truly that she would willingly have
 sacrificed any happiness of her own for her good, and the idea of
 leaving her, of returning to the old rounds of tedious gayety, of
 knowing that in her absence the strong, brave heart was failing, the
@@ -15500,7 +15475,7 @@ of the day had wearied her, but there was an almost unusual tenderness
 in her manner, which Margaret attributed to her fear of having unduly
 urged the non-signature of Mr. Robinson's papers.
 
-Old Martha was ready at her post to help Margaret to bed. Adèle sent
+Old Martha was ready at her post to help Margaret to bed. Adèle sent
 her away peremptorily. "No one shall touch you to-night but me," she
 said, stooping over the arm-chair in which Margaret was sitting, and
 loosening her hair with gentle fingers; then, as Margaret smilingly
@@ -15513,13 +15488,13 @@ fingers, for their every touch spoke eloquently of love. This it was
 that Margaret felt. Once she caught one of the busy hands and pressed
 it to her lips.
 
-"What should I do without you, Adèle?" she said softly. "Little one,
+"What should I do without you, Adèle?" she said softly. "Little one,
 I begin to fear I am loving you too much. My loves are unfortunate.
 It is the old story of the fair gazelle. Scold me well; I deserve it
 for my sentimental folly; still, the feeling is here--I can't get rid
 of it."
 
-Adèle had to choke back her tears before she could answer. When she
+Adèle had to choke back her tears before she could answer. When she
 did her voice was slightly husky: "I don't think loves can ever be
 unfortunate--quite altogether, I mean--for you know to lose for a time
 is not to lose for always, and where there is love, real true love,
@@ -15531,7 +15506,7 @@ abideth--the only earthly feeling we can never do without."
 She had finished brushing and combing Margaret's long hair; she was
 sitting on a stool at her feet gazing into the fire.
 
-"Adèle," said Margaret, "you are wiser than I, or perhaps there's
+"Adèle," said Margaret, "you are wiser than I, or perhaps there's
 something altogether wrong about me. I cannot take the comfort you do
 out of these generalities. Child, child," her voice grew intensely
 earnest, "it is not this beautiful something, this 'charity which
@@ -15543,7 +15518,7 @@ know I never look upon all these things as generalities; if love is to
 last, our personal loves are to last too." She sighed. "I know I express
 myself badly. I wish I could make you understand what I mean."
 
-"I think I _do_ understand," said Margaret thoughtfully. "Adèle," she
+"I think I _do_ understand," said Margaret thoughtfully. "Adèle," she
 said after a pause, during which perhaps almost the very same thought
 had been passing through their minds, "our love, yours and mine and
 your cousin's, the strange tangle which your straightforwardness and
@@ -15551,24 +15526,24 @@ self-forgetfulness unravelled, is certainly of the lasting kind. The
 future may throw us widely apart, but I think that neither here nor
 hereafter can it ever be the same as if we had not loved."
 
-This time Adèle did not answer, because she could not. The shadow
+This time Adèle did not answer, because she could not. The shadow
 of that dreadful separation was on her spirit. After a few moments'
 silence she said lightly that Margaret had talked quite enough--that
 it was time for her to rest; which dictum Margaret obeyed with great
 willingness.
 
 The next day was that fixed upon by Mrs. Churchill for her visit.
-Adèle could no longer delay letting Margaret know that a summons from
+Adèle could no longer delay letting Margaret know that a summons from
 her mother had come; but the morning is generally more favorable to
-hopefulness than the evening. Adèle had begun to think matters were not
+hopefulness than the evening. Adèle had begun to think matters were not
 so desperate as they looked. Possibly she might obtain further respite.
 She took in the unwelcome letter with Margaret's breakfast-tray, which
 had been delicately arranged by her own hands.
 
-"Adèle, you must go," was Margaret's comment on the letter. And she
+"Adèle, you must go," was Margaret's comment on the letter. And she
 tried not to show how sorely she would miss her comforter.
 
-Adèle was slightly wounded: "Do you really mean it, Margaret?"
+Adèle was slightly wounded: "Do you really mean it, Margaret?"
 
 "I do indeed, dear. Your mother is quite right; you have sacrificed
 yourself too long."
@@ -15581,7 +15556,7 @@ is always supposed to be more engrossing than mere friendship in her
 further words: "Perhaps you would not even miss me, Margaret?"
 
 But the tears Margaret could not restrain, the sudden weariness in her
-pale face, spoke more eloquently than words. Adèle threw herself down
+pale face, spoke more eloquently than words. Adèle threw herself down
 on her knees by her friend's side: "Forgive me, darling, but if you
 only knew--"
 
@@ -15592,7 +15567,7 @@ faintly, resting her hand, as if in silent blessing, on the bowed head.
 and I am anxious to see her, so she must not find me in bed. Will _you_
 help me to dress this morning?"
 
-Adèle rose and brushed away her tears. "How stupid I am!" she cried,
+Adèle rose and brushed away her tears. "How stupid I am!" she cried,
 "and really I didn't intend to be so silly to-day, for, Margaret, I
 was just thinking--Mamma is so good and kind, she generally lets me do
 as I like; then, you see, she has never met you. I mean to dress you
@@ -15600,18 +15575,18 @@ as you were dressed yesterday, and I want you to put forth all your
 fascinations. The result will be that mamma won't have the heart to
 carry me off."
 
-"But, Adèle--"
+"But, Adèle--"
 
 "But, Margaret. Put yourself in my hands, madam. Remember I am
 responsible for your safe-keeping to somebody--my somebody, not yours,
 Margaret. By the bye, I will urge Arthur's wishes. Mamma never likes to
 offend _him_."
 
-And so Adèle rattled on to hide her true, deep feelings, while once
+And so Adèle rattled on to hide her true, deep feelings, while once
 more she ministered tenderly to the friend she loved.
 
 Mrs. Churchill, impatient as the time drew nearer to see her daughter
-again, had left York by an early train, and Margaret and Adèle had
+again, had left York by an early train, and Margaret and Adèle had
 not been long seated over their work in the little parlor before a
 travelling carriage, heavily laden with luggage, drove up to the door.
 She had brought her carriage and horses so far by rail, her intention
@@ -15622,11 +15597,11 @@ nervous when the rattle of wheels came to her ears; but as from her
 station by the parlor-window she caught a sight of Mrs. Churchill's
 pleasant, kindly face, some of her painful anticipations fled.
 
-Adèle had run down the garden-path. She brought her mother in to
+Adèle had run down the garden-path. She brought her mother in to
 introduce her to her friend.
 
 The good Mrs. Churchill had been rather curious to see Margaret.
-Adèle's enthusiasm and Arthur's boyish admiration had made her look
+Adèle's enthusiasm and Arthur's boyish admiration had made her look
 for something remarkable, but she was scarcely prepared for the
 refinement, the style, the exquisite grace of her daughter's friend.
 It was a rare combination, even in those circles in which the rich and
@@ -15645,22 +15620,22 @@ Arthur has been almost like my own son, and I presume you are in the
 confidence of this little girl, and that she has let out her secret."
 Mrs. Churchill looked at Margaret rather curiously.
 
-"Yes," replied Mrs. Grey quietly, drawing down Adèle, who had been
+"Yes," replied Mrs. Grey quietly, drawing down Adèle, who had been
 hovering about her nervously, to a seat by her side. "I heard long ago,
 both from your daughter and nephew, of this engagement; and much as I
 admire Mr. Forrest, I cannot but think, knowing your daughter as I do,
 that he is a very fortunate man."
 
-Adèle blushed: "Margaret, be quiet; you shouldn't say such things." But
+Adèle blushed: "Margaret, be quiet; you shouldn't say such things." But
 her smile belied her words; it was so radiant that it transfigured her
 face.
 
-Her mother turned to her: "Adèle, my dear, do you know that you ought
+Her mother turned to her: "Adèle, my dear, do you know that you ought
 to be very much obliged to Mrs. Grey for her long hospitality? Now I
 look at you I am surprised; I never saw such a change. When you left
 London you were colorless and sickly."
 
-"Mamma, mamma!" protested Adèle, "how very uninteresting!"
+"Mamma, mamma!" protested Adèle, "how very uninteresting!"
 
 But Mrs Churchill persisted: "Yes, my dear, I speak the bare truth; now
 your animation has come back, you have gained flesh and color, you are
@@ -15672,7 +15647,7 @@ her visit here has done her good, for I was beginning to think myself
 selfish for keeping her so long in this lonely place. I suppose the
 fresh sea-air has worked the miracle."
 
-"The cure is not quite accomplished, mamma," said Adèle coaxingly; but
+"The cure is not quite accomplished, mamma," said Adèle coaxingly; but
 Margaret interrupted her:
 
 "We can talk about that presently, dear; just now your mother wants
@@ -15698,7 +15673,7 @@ had not been moved for long. She had not been in the cottage half an
 hour before, with true motherliness of intent, she made up her mind to
 take Mrs. Grey in hand.
 
-"I am glad to hear Adèle has been of any service to you," was her
+"I am glad to hear Adèle has been of any service to you," was her
 answer to Margaret, cordially spoken, and then she looked at Mrs.
 Grey as she had looked at her daughter. "I am sorry to hear of this
 delicacy, Mrs. Grey; you certainly look far from well, but I think so
@@ -15743,7 +15718,7 @@ through a half inclination to tears.
 "My dear (_child_ I was about to say, but I don't wish to offend you),
 an effort should be made, for what does all the crying over spilt milk
 mean?" This was a favorite theme with Mrs. Churchill. "Why, as I have
-told Adèle a thousand times, to fret one's self into a premature death
+told Adèle a thousand times, to fret one's self into a premature death
 because things don't go altogether as one could wish is clearly nothing
 more nor less than flying in the face of Providence; for how did we get
 our health and strength, and all the rest of it? and if we acknowledge
@@ -15752,7 +15727,7 @@ now, Mrs. Grey, what have you to say?" Her voice softened as she looked
 at the pale face and fragile form. "You must excuse me, my dear. You
 see I am given to speaking my mind, and I am interested in you; so
 it comes naturally somehow to speak to you as I might to this wilful
-little girl of mine." For Adèle had come in during the latter part of
+little girl of mine." For Adèle had come in during the latter part of
 Mrs. Churchill's harangue. She was listening with real pleasure to the
 energetic words, for she knew her mother well enough to be aware that
 she never took the trouble of lecturing in this manner any one who had
@@ -15762,20 +15737,20 @@ not first made great way in her affections.
 to say? I always find her arguments unanswerable, but then they never
 converted me."
 
-Margaret smiled: "I have to say, Adèle, that your mother is perfectly
+Margaret smiled: "I have to say, Adèle, that your mother is perfectly
 right, that I deserve every word of her lecture, and that I intend to
 make an effort in the way of getting rid of these tiresome feelings and
 becoming strong again."
 
-"Only if you have me to help you, Margaret," pleaded Adèle.
+"Only if you have me to help you, Margaret," pleaded Adèle.
 
 But Margaret shook her head: "No, no; I have no right to keep you
 longer from your mother."
 
-Adèle turned pleadingly to Mrs. Churchill: "Mamma, mamma, leave me here
+Adèle turned pleadingly to Mrs. Churchill: "Mamma, mamma, leave me here
 a _little_ longer."
 
-"Your 'littles' are elastic, Adèle. For how many weeks have you been
+"Your 'littles' are elastic, Adèle. For how many weeks have you been
 saying this?"
 
 "And I suppose I shall say the same"--the young girl looked up saucily
@@ -15791,11 +15766,11 @@ pair of babies!"
 
 "But, mamma, you haven't answered me."
 
-"Mrs. Grey says nothing, Adèle; perhaps she is tired of you, or
+"Mrs. Grey says nothing, Adèle; perhaps she is tired of you, or
 perhaps--which to my mind would be the best of all--you could persuade
 her to change her mind and become our guest at Scarborough."
 
-Adèle's eyes glistened. Certainly her mother must have taken a strong
+Adèle's eyes glistened. Certainly her mother must have taken a strong
 as well as sudden fancy to her friend: "Oh, mamma, you have asked
 Margaret to stay with us? How good of you!"
 
@@ -15809,9 +15784,9 @@ future is a little more decided."
 Margaret put out her hand; she was touched by Mrs. Churchill's delicate
 kindness. "Thank you a thousand times," she said gently; "if I were
 even in a fit state for travelling I should not hesitate to take
-advantage of your kind offer, so attractive in every way. But Adèle
+advantage of your kind offer, so attractive in every way. But Adèle
 will tell you how it is with me at times; I cannot even dress myself.
-No; I must say good-bye to Adèle, with many thanks both to her and to
+No; I must say good-bye to Adèle, with many thanks both to her and to
 you, and return to my lonely life. I hope it may soon be over."
 
 "_What_ may soon be over?" Mrs. Churchill turned round sharply, for
@@ -15823,7 +15798,7 @@ Churchill's voice; she did not like to be puzzled, and her daughter's
 friend was puzzling her.
 
 "I really think," she continued meditatively, "that my best plan would
-be to put up here at the hotel for a few days. By the bye, Adèle,
+be to put up here at the hotel for a few days. By the bye, Adèle,
 I left Mary there; I would not bring her on here until I knew more
 certainly about your arrangements. Yes, I think that will do. You and
 she could amuse yourselves together, and I should like very much to try
@@ -15836,7 +15811,7 @@ thank you?"
 
 "By trying to get strong, my dear, and remembering first of all (you
 see you begin by breaking my rules) to take things quietly is the best
-policy. Now, Adèle, put on your hat and drive to the hotel. Make them
+policy. Now, Adèle, put on your hat and drive to the hotel. Make them
 unload the carriage and bring Mary back in it. Are we trespassing too
 much, Mrs. Grey? You young people will have plenty to talk about, so
 you need not hurry back. Mrs. Grey in the mean time must give me some
@@ -15844,7 +15819,7 @@ account of her symptoms. It may be that the worldly wisdom of a worldly
 old woman will do as much to help her as the romantic enthusiasm of the
 young folk who in the present day rule the roast."
 
-Adèle obeyed her mother to the letter. She left her and Margaret alone
+Adèle obeyed her mother to the letter. She left her and Margaret alone
 together for a good hour. She returned to find them fast friends.
 The cheerful optimism of the elder lady had strengthened the younger
 considerably, for Margaret wanted bracing, and Mrs. Churchill's sound
@@ -15866,7 +15841,7 @@ well-grounded cheerfulness and antipathetic banishment of any thing
 approaching morbidness or so-called sentiment. When she left she had
 the satisfaction of seeing her patient better. It is almost needless to
 add that the kind-hearted lady had not the heart to deprive Margaret of
-her friend. Adèle remained at the cottage till the chill winds of early
+her friend. Adèle remained at the cottage till the chill winds of early
 winter swept the waters, while still no certain tidings came to them of
 their wanderers.
 
@@ -16037,7 +16012,7 @@ You frown impatiently. I shall soon have done. I tell you, Monsieur
 Grey, the meeting you interrupted that day was the first and only one
 that had taken place between your wife and me since your marriage. And
 the attitude in which you found me? Mon Dieu! nothing simpler--got up
-for you--_un tableau vivant motivé_. She was more surprised than you,
+for you--_un tableau vivant motivé_. She was more surprised than you,
 la pauvrette!" His voice sank. "Since that day four long years have
 passed by. I have spent them in seeking her--persecuting her, if you
 like; so it was, so it must be. Her hatred is strong and bitter. I
@@ -16213,7 +16188,7 @@ thither; it would not have been a pleasant night to face. Decidedly,
 the fireside, or, as at Grindelwald, the stove-corner, was the
 most comfortable resting-place. And so the new arrivals, two young
 Englishmen and a German (the very same, by the bye, who had annoyed
-Arthur by his vigorous "wunderschöns" and his dutiful "enthousiasmus"
+Arthur by his vigorous "wunderschöns" and his dutiful "enthousiasmus"
 in the course of their journey across the St. Gothard), appeared to
 think.
 
@@ -16277,7 +16252,7 @@ she, with her small strength, was struggling to open it.
 "But--we can no permit--" he began more fluently.
 
 The child interrupted him with tears and sobs: "Please let me only see
-if they are coming. Mon père said he would come back to-night. He is
+if they are coming. Mon père said he would come back to-night. He is
 lost. I thought yesterday he was going to die. Oh, please, I know the
 way he went. It's not very dark. I can always make him better."
 
@@ -16296,10 +16271,10 @@ immediately addressed himself to the weeping child: "Your _papa_ is out
 in ze snow, my leetle maid."
 
 The child's tears stopped; she raised her dark eyes pleadingly to his
-face: "Not my papa--mon père. Oh, please take me to find him."
+face: "Not my papa--mon père. Oh, please take me to find him."
 
 This was rather embarrassing. The compassionate German looked out into
-the snowy night: "Wid all my heart I would help you, liebe fräulein,
+the snowy night: "Wid all my heart I would help you, liebe fräulein,
 but you will no doubt perceive I know none of ze paths, and you--" He
 looked down at the tiny figure.
 
@@ -16318,7 +16293,7 @@ stranger. It made her long all the more for her friend's protecting
 tenderness. She rejected the hand held out to her with all the dignity
 of one double her age: then suddenly her child-heart failed. She threw
 herself on her knees on the cold stones, pressed her forehead against
-the door and wailed out her childish plaint: "Mon père! mon père! come
+the door and wailed out her childish plaint: "Mon père! mon père! come
 back to Laura."
 
 The landlord shook his head helplessly, but the young German, who had
@@ -16390,8 +16365,8 @@ The child looked up into the frank, boyish face and trusted him.
 "I was foolish the other day," he said quietly; "I did not quite
 understand; you must forgive me."
 
-"You wanted to take me away from mon père, and now"--the child burst
-into tears--"mon père is lost. Please, please take me to find him!"
+"You wanted to take me away from mon père, and now"--the child burst
+into tears--"mon père is lost. Please, please take me to find him!"
 
 "Come up stairs and tell me all about it, Laura. I will help you if I
 possibly can."
@@ -16400,11 +16375,11 @@ Then to the German, who was gazing at him open-mouthed, "Sir, this is
 the child of one of my dearest friends; I take her under my protection."
 
 "As you like," replied he, and shrugged his shoulders. "Ze young man is
-offended," he muttered, "because I did not treat ze bébé like one great
+offended," he muttered, "because I did not treat ze bébé like one great
 princess."
 
 He returned to the stove, while Arthur drew from Laura all he desired
-to know. She had come there with "mon père," as she always called
+to know. She had come there with "mon père," as she always called
 L'Estrange. They were looking for papa. Early that day he had told her
 that he knew where her father was--that he would go away alone, and
 return in the evening to let her know if her father had been found.
@@ -16424,7 +16399,7 @@ met alone, face to face, in the great solitude--The young man shuddered.
 "Laura," he said, turning to the little one, "I must find them at once."
 
 The child clung about his knees: "Oh, take me with you! Please, please
-take me! I can make mon père well when no one else can--he says so."
+take me! I can make mon père well when no one else can--he says so."
 
 Arthur did not answer at first. He was thinking. He rang the bell and
 made inquiries about a guide, for it would have been dangerous on such
@@ -16448,7 +16423,7 @@ But Laura was still looking up at him anxiously. He answered her with a
 smile: "If you will wrap yourself up well, little one, and submit to be
 carried."
 
-"Yes, yes," answered the child joyfully; "mon père carries me
+"Yes, yes," answered the child joyfully; "mon père carries me
 sometimes; but"--she stopped, and there came a cloud over her face--"I
 will tire you; I am heavy."
 
@@ -16529,7 +16504,7 @@ reverence.
 "Are you quite comfortable, Laura?" he inquired as he drew her cloak
 over her tiny feet.
 
-"Quite, thank you," replied the child; "and you are very kind. Mon père
+"Quite, thank you," replied the child; "and you are very kind. Mon père
 will thank you; but oh, I wonder shall we find him soon?"
 
 "Do you know that we are going to find some one else, Laura?" asked
@@ -16537,11 +16512,11 @@ Arthur, rather shocked to find her head so full of her false father
 that she had no thoughts to spare for her true one.
 
 "Yes, I know," she answered gravely; "and sometimes I'm sorry that I
-can't love my own papa so much as mon père; but, you see, I've never
+can't love my own papa so much as mon père; but, you see, I've never
 seen him: at least, mamma says I have; I don't remember at all." She
 paused a moment, then added in a grieved, puzzled tone, "Oh, _please_
 tell me--for I want so much to know--_ought_ I to love my own papa as
-well as mamma and mon père?" The question had evidently been tormenting
+well as mamma and mon père?" The question had evidently been tormenting
 her.
 
 "You _ought_ to put such ideas out of your little head," said Arthur
@@ -16550,27 +16525,27 @@ lightly.
 "But I _can't_," replied the child in a grieved tone; and Arthur, quite
 perplexed, tried a new set of tactics:
 
-"What makes you love this person so much whom you call mon père?"
+"What makes you love this person so much whom you call mon père?"
 
 "What _makes_ me?" Unconsciously Arthur had started another
 bewildering question. She raised her head and knit her small brows:
 "It's not because he's good to me, for other people have been good to
 me, and I didn't love them. You know loving and liking are different.
 Mamma told me I ought to love my papa, but you see there isn't any
-_ought_ in love, and I must love mon père best. Oh, I wonder why!"
+_ought_ in love, and I must love mon père best. Oh, I wonder why!"
 
 This was certainly a strange child. Arthur had not laid his hand upon
 the magic; her answer only made it appear the more mysterious. He put
 another leading question: "Is he very good to you, Laura?"
 
-"Mon père, do you mean? Oh, he is so good! I want him to come back with
+"Mon père, do you mean? Oh, he is so good! I want him to come back with
 me to mamma, but when I talk about it he looks at me in that sad way,
 like people do when they are going to say good-bye. Do you _think_ I
 shall be able to get him to say he will come? Oh"--the child's face
 brightened, a happy thought seemed to have struck her--"will _you_
 ask him to come? Perhaps he will do it for you." She went on rapidly,
 for the child-nature was beginning to assert itself: "He left a great
-big dog in the village--big enough to carry me on its back, mon père
+big dog in the village--big enough to carry me on its back, mon père
 says. And just fancy! it's to be all mine. I wonder how long we shall
 be getting back to mamma, and _won't_ she be pleased?" For at the
 thought of the great dog, the sea, the village and mamma the painful
@@ -16611,7 +16586,7 @@ the pine wood they were nearing. He pointed it out to Laura, his heart
 almost standing still with the conflict of fear and hope that possessed
 him.
 
-The child smiled up into his face. "Mon père is there," she said.
+The child smiled up into his face. "Mon père is there," she said.
 
 "Your _father_ is there," was the answer sternly spoken, and the little
 one was checked. She said no more, but watched till the dark pines,
@@ -16664,7 +16639,7 @@ upon the face of his child. She was gazing with lips parted, and eyes
 in which a certain instinct of some unknown horror was gleaming, into
 Arthur's face. She went up to him and touched his arm with her small
 hand. "Why does the old woman look at me like that?" she whispered,
-lifting up a pale, scared face. "And what have they done with mon père?
+lifting up a pale, scared face. "And what have they done with mon père?
 He's not here." And she looked round inquiringly.
 
 "I am afraid they have lost themselves in the snow," replied Arthur as
@@ -16672,7 +16647,7 @@ calmly as he could. "Laura, we must leave you here and go out again to
 look for them."
 
 "_Them?_" repeated she in a low tone. "Then my own papa is with him.
-But what's the matter? why do you all look so frightened? Is mon père
+But what's the matter? why do you all look so frightened? Is mon père
 dead? Oh, please, please, let me go to him!"
 
 "Laura, you must be sensible. We cannot take you, my poor child! Stay
@@ -16684,7 +16659,7 @@ sudden look into her face, as though she could see more than others
 saw. She held up her hand. "Hush!" she said in a tone that made Arthur
 shiver, it was so unchildlike in its earnestness; and even as she spoke
 that dawning consciousness of a certain mysterious horror paled her
-cheek and made her dark eyes large and deep. "Mon père is calling me,"
+cheek and made her dark eyes large and deep. "Mon père is calling me,"
 she said. "They are hurting him. Come, come!"
 
 She rushed to the door, and opening it stood for a moment on the
@@ -16714,7 +16689,7 @@ We shall do our best to bring them to you." The child looked up at him;
 she never struggled when she knew all struggling would be useless, and
 there was wonder as well as a certain awe in her gaze.
 
-"What do you mean?" she asked; "none of you understand. Mon père is
+"What do you mean?" she asked; "none of you understand. Mon père is
 ill, and papa is taking care of him; and it's cold out there in the
 snow, but he won't leave him. He wants us to help him."
 
@@ -16726,7 +16701,7 @@ them with the lantern. "Go in, like a good child."
 
 In her turn Laura smiled. "Which way will you go to find them?" she
 asked. "Listen to me: I know all about it. Just now, when I wanted to
-listen and you _would_ talk, God showed it to me in a dream. Mon père
+listen and you _would_ talk, God showed it to me in a dream. Mon père
 is ill. He wants me--I'll take you to find him."
 
 Marie stood at the door holding out her arms; the guide motioned
@@ -16793,7 +16768,7 @@ _FOR THE SECOND TIME SAVED FROM HIMSELF._
 
 
 The two men and the child pressed on. They had left the path behind
-them, they were winding between huge boulders, the débris from some
+them, they were winding between huge boulders, the débris from some
 devastating avalanche; like a mighty wall the mountains rose above
 them, hedging them in on the one side, while on the other was the
 continuation of the pine wood.
@@ -16900,7 +16875,7 @@ was thankful that his answer might be no revelation of a tragedy that
 would have chilled her warm young blood and filled her with loathing of
 him--her father.
 
-"Who has hurt mon père?" asked Laura.
+"Who has hurt mon père?" asked Laura.
 
 "Little one," replied Maurice gravely, "he is ill; he will be better
 soon."
@@ -16928,10 +16903,10 @@ daughter within his grasp! It was like the opening of heaven to a
 spirit long tormented in the purifying fires.
 
 Laura looked up triumphantly as she heard her father's words. "Didn't I
-say so?" she cried; "mon père was ill, and my own papa was taking care
-of him?" She stooped over L'Estrange: "Mon père, pauvre, cher père!"
+say so?" she cried; "mon père was ill, and my own papa was taking care
+of him?" She stooped over L'Estrange: "Mon père, pauvre, cher père!"
 Then to Arthur and the guide: "Oh, please, lift him very gently. We
-must put him beside the fire. It will make mon père better."
+must put him beside the fire. It will make mon père better."
 
 She made an effort to raise his head on her small arm. And at her touch
 L'Estrange opened his eyes. "Ma fillette!" he whispered. Laura was
@@ -17053,7 +17028,7 @@ from his darling--to accustom himself to do without her--to teach her,
 if possible to care for him less.
 
 But the little one put it down to pain, and tears filled her eyes "Mon
-père is worse," she murmured.
+père is worse," she murmured.
 
 She remained by his side till the full light, breaking in upon the
 room, had aroused the sleepers.
@@ -17156,7 +17131,7 @@ reproachful gaze of the good Karl.
 To explain his appearance on the scene, it will be necessary to relate
 how the ungrateful Arthur had quite forgotten his friend's servant,
 who according to his own showing had earned for him the favor of that
-tête-à-tête dinner at the hotel with the man to find whom he had
+tête-à-tête dinner at the hotel with the man to find whom he had
 traversed Europe in its length and breadth.
 
 It was only when the good German showed his round face, in which
@@ -17200,7 +17175,7 @@ Laura had her white bread and some sugar and milk. Arthur and Maurice
 rejoiced in the dissection of a fowl, and the guide had a fresh and
 unlimited supply of sausages; they were therefore soon sufficiently
 strengthened to think with equanimity of a new start. The poles of the
-_chaise-à-porteur,_ brought up in case of emergency by the provident
+_chaise-à-porteur,_ brought up in case of emergency by the provident
 Karl, formed, with mattresses and ropes, an excellent litter. On this
 they laid L'Estrange, well wrapped up in rugs and blankets.
 
@@ -17273,14 +17248,14 @@ she had hoped.
 But Laura, young as she was, had been too often in the presence of
 suffering not to recognize it, and her friend had taught her to
 observe. She read the sorrow in his face and went to his bedside: "Mon
-père, what is it? Are you worse?"
+père, what is it? Are you worse?"
 
 "Come to me, fillette," he answered, and with his left hand he drew her
 face to his.
 
-The child smiled: "Pauvre cher père, why do you look so sorry? You
+The child smiled: "Pauvre cher père, why do you look so sorry? You
 ought to look glad, because we're all going back to mamma. Oh, I am so
-happy! That night, mon père, you remember, when you were out in the
+happy! That night, mon père, you remember, when you were out in the
 snow, and I thought you were lost, and I was to be left alone with
 people who said cross things, I wasn't happy then; but now it's all
 right. My papa is found--and," she lowered her voice as if speaking
@@ -17314,7 +17289,7 @@ but himself should make her understand.
 golden head he loved so well, "it is necessary--you must go. I am not
 worthy of this love, and your mother is waiting for you."
 
-"But, mon père--" Laura lifted up her tear-stained face and met his
+"But, mon père--" Laura lifted up her tear-stained face and met his
 deep, stern eyes. Her voice faltered, for, child as she was, she read
 his resolve. "You will be better," she said, "and come too."
 
@@ -17349,7 +17324,7 @@ with the manner of one who for ever puts away some beautiful thing out
 of his sight: "Thou hast said it, fillette. Good-bye for always."
 
 "Always! always!" The child repeated the word, her large dark eyes
-dilating as if with some hidden awe. "Mon père," she said almost in
+dilating as if with some hidden awe. "Mon père," she said almost in
 a whisper, "it is so long--always, for ever. Do you mean that I am
 _never, never_ to see you again?"
 
@@ -17360,16 +17335,16 @@ the first time that this vague terror of the unknowable had taken
 possession of this strange child's mind.
 
 She shivered slightly as, standing by her friend's side, she reasoned
-out the matter with herself: "Mon père, what does it mean? To-day ends,
+out the matter with herself: "Mon père, what does it mean? To-day ends,
 and to-morrow will end; and this year and next year, and every year,
 I suppose, till we die; and then--after then--there is heaven and for
-ever--always, always, for ever. I _can't_ understand it. Oh, mon père,
+ever--always, always, for ever. I _can't_ understand it. Oh, mon père,
 is it true?" The child was in an agony. This was the mental torture
 that had, several times, racked her brain.
 
 "And," she added under her breath, with the look and tone of one treble
 her age, "in all this for ever--so long, so long--I must not see mon
-père any more."
+père any more."
 
 It was L'Estrange's turn to tremble. Rapidly as in a dream the
 remembrance came of that first day when for his own purpose he had
@@ -17396,7 +17371,7 @@ she will know where to hear of her old friend."
 from the hand of L'Estrange, sat down before the table, and copied
 the address, letter by letter, in her large childish handwriting, her
 friend spelling it over for her that there might be no mistake. Then
-she folded up the paper and clasped it in both hands. "Mon père," she
+she folded up the paper and clasped it in both hands. "Mon père," she
 said, "I will never lose it."
 
 In the practical action Laura's dreamy fears had fled. Hope, the hope
@@ -17477,7 +17452,7 @@ to you, and say good-bye to him."
 Laura looked at L'Estrange. The proud face was turned to the wall. Weak
 as he was, he would yet show nothing before Maurice Grey. She went
 close up to his side. He motioned her away from him, and the heart
-of the little child could bear no longer. "Mon père will die if I go
+of the little child could bear no longer. "Mon père will die if I go
 away," she cried piteously. She covered her face with her hands and
 began to cry. It was difficult for Maurice to know what to do. The
 child's tears made him feel perfectly helpless. He was not accustomed
@@ -17502,7 +17477,7 @@ Laura returned and stood once more beside her friend.
 
 "Papa," she said, turning to Maurice, "I'm quite ready, and you may go
 down now. I shall come presently. Please, I want to say good-bye to mon
-père alone."
+père alone."
 
 Maurice could not have been more astonished if he had suddenly seen his
 little daughter put on her womanhood than he was at this calm demand.
@@ -17531,7 +17506,7 @@ travel-stained--were left alone together, and now the little one felt
 that it was really for the last time.
 
 He turned his face toward her. She threw herself down on her knees by
-his side, sobbing convulsively. "Mon père," she cried piteously, "is it
+his side, sobbing convulsively. "Mon père," she cried piteously, "is it
 for ever?"
 
 For a few moments he was silent. In the sorrow of parting from this
@@ -17638,10 +17613,10 @@ For that struggle had been going on in the little house during three
 or four long days and nights, and now, at last, a lull had come. The
 patient slept.
 
-Poor Adèle! It could scarcely be matter for wonder that her cheek
+Poor Adèle! It could scarcely be matter for wonder that her cheek
 looked pale and her blue eyes deep, that impatient sighs broke from
 her, that she was ready to sympathize with the gray desolation of a
-winter night. For Adèle had been passing through a time of anxiety such
+winter night. For Adèle had been passing through a time of anxiety such
 as she had never before experienced.
 
 Margaret dying, Arthur gone--no word, no line to let them know the fate
@@ -17649,7 +17624,7 @@ of the wanderers--no possibility of being able to give the sufferer
 the news for which her soul was craving--nothing in all the here and
 hereafter but vague uncertainty, but cruel delay.
 
-And Adèle, in the bitterness of her spirit, had begun to doubt about
+And Adèle, in the bitterness of her spirit, had begun to doubt about
 everything. It had been so hard to watch the patient sufferer, to
 know that in any moment she might be the prey of death--that the
 pure, noble life, worn away by sorrow, might pass into the invisible
@@ -17658,7 +17633,7 @@ hard to listen in the sombre light of the sick room to the passionate
 ravings of the faithful wife, and to realize the utter impossibility of
 bringing her that for want of which her life was waning.
 
-These things preyed upon Adèle's mind. In the darkness and solitude, in
+These things preyed upon Adèle's mind. In the darkness and solitude, in
 the suspension of immediate anxiety, her heart sank, her spirit began
 with itself humanity's dreary questioning.
 
@@ -17669,7 +17644,7 @@ rises evermore to Heaven, the great mystery of human woe. Shall it be
 answered one day? Ah, who can doubt it? Else were we wretched beyond
 compare.
 
-The _why_ was in Adèle's heart that evening, welling up from its
+The _why_ was in Adèle's heart that evening, welling up from its
 innermost depths, proving itself too strong and terrible for her young
 brain to fathom. And still she sat there, her arms folded and her pale
 face looking seaward, thinking, thinking.
@@ -17690,11 +17665,11 @@ seemed suddenly to return. There came a light into her eyes; she sat
 up and looked round her. And then she insisted upon being dressed and
 taken into the little parlor. They could not refuse her, though the old
 woman shook her head ominously. "It's well to be seen," she whispered
-to Adèle, "what the end of it a' will be. Puir leddie!" and she wiped
+to Adèle, "what the end of it a' will be. Puir leddie!" and she wiped
 her eyes, "the sair heart hae dune it. Humor her bit fancies, bairnie;
 'twill be the same, ony gait."
 
-Weeping in spite of herself, Adèle obeyed the old nurse. They
+Weeping in spite of herself, Adèle obeyed the old nurse. They
 dressed Margaret with minute care, combed the waving hair--short
 now, alas!--from her white forehead, put on her the trailing
 lavender-colored dress and the pretty lace ruffles, wrapped the Indian
@@ -17705,7 +17680,7 @@ She thanked them with her gentle smile, gave a sigh of intense
 contentment; then, after a few moments, fell into a quiet, healthy
 sleep.
 
-It was this sleep which Adèle had been watching in the dark room until,
+It was this sleep which Adèle had been watching in the dark room until,
 so quiet and peaceful had been the sleeper's face, the tension on her
 watcher's nerves was partially relaxed. She turned from that earnest
 gazing at the pale face, so beautiful in its pure outlines, to look at
@@ -17717,7 +17692,7 @@ a higher ground, shows a larger prospect. In the dreariness of wintry
 age hope is still busy, gilding not the transitory _here_, but the
 lasting beyond.
 
-Adèle had not reached that stage of experience. Her young heart, though
+Adèle had not reached that stage of experience. Her young heart, though
 ready at times to look forward even to that shadowy beyond, was yet
 very busy with the _here_, the sweet earthly happiness which all young
 humanity is earnestly craving.
@@ -17747,10 +17722,10 @@ The house was very solitary, and the lonely women had more than once
 experienced that nervous terror which shudders at a sound and sees an
 intruder in every shadow. However, they kept nothing of great value
 in the house, and they had hitherto had no real cause for uneasiness.
-But Adèle in all her night-terrors had never heard anything so meaning
+But Adèle in all her night-terrors had never heard anything so meaning
 as this stealthy rustling among the branches. She leaped to her feet
 and peered out into the night. This time she had not been deceived. At
-the gate there was a vision of fluttering garments. Adèle thought she
+the gate there was a vision of fluttering garments. Adèle thought she
 recognized the form that was passing out into the night. With blanched
 face and trembling limbs she flew, rather than ran, across the room.
 It was almost too dark to see, but feeling on hands and knees the
@@ -17759,7 +17734,7 @@ fluttering garments were Margaret's. An access of fever had come on. In
 its delirium she had rushed out to meet certain death in the cold and
 desolate night.
 
-For a moment Adèle was almost paralyzed by this new misfortune--fruit,
+For a moment Adèle was almost paralyzed by this new misfortune--fruit,
 as she told herself bitterly, of her own carelessness; then gathering
 her wits rapidly together, she threw a shawl round her head and rushed
 out in pursuit of the fugitive. She did not even wait to let the
@@ -17782,7 +17757,7 @@ folly were carrying on their fierce, impatient strife.
 
       *       *       *       *       *
 
-Had Adèle waited for one more moment, she might have been startled
+Had Adèle waited for one more moment, she might have been startled
 by another sound. Scarcely had she left the little house, wild with
 anxiety, to discover and bring back her friend, before there came from
 the direction opposite to that she had taken the sound of horses' hoofs
@@ -17870,7 +17845,7 @@ The fact was this: Jane and the old nurse, worn out by nursing and
 anxiety, having ascertained that Margaret was sleeping calmly, had
 allowed themselves to be beguiled by the pleasant fumes of tea and
 the kindly warmth of the kitchen fire into giving way themselves.
-During Margaret's flight and Adèle's pursuit, during the arrival of
+During Margaret's flight and Adèle's pursuit, during the arrival of
 Margaret's husband and the subsequent drawing up of the carriage, they
 had been sleeping, one on each side of the kitchen fire.
 
@@ -17909,7 +17884,7 @@ her pent-up woes.
 The cottage had been found, but within it was only empty darkness.
 Laura threw herself down on the sofa, and her wailing cry reached
 the ears of her father as he dragged the landlady out into the
-light: "Mamma has gone, and mon père is dead." That and his own
+light: "Mamma has gone, and mon père is dead." That and his own
 disappointment made him almost mad for the moment. Seizing Jane by the
 shoulder, he shook her roughly as he looked down into her white face:
 "What have you done with her, woman? Speak, or by Heaven I will make
@@ -17957,7 +17932,7 @@ sudden disappearance was as much of a mystery to the old woman as it
 had been to them; she connected it, however, with her illness, and the
 conclusions she drew were very gloomy. In the whole circumstance there
 was only one ray of hope--Margaret's faithful friend was with her, as
-Adèle was missing too. But how had she allowed her to leave the house?
+Adèle was missing too. But how had she allowed her to leave the house?
 why had she not called for assistance?
 
 Arthur, as he went out to meet the disappointed man, felt hope sink
@@ -18058,7 +18033,7 @@ _UNITED AT LAST._
     Each only saw or heard or felt the other.
 
 
-Adèle had been swift--swift as the wind. Instinctively in her rapid
+Adèle had been swift--swift as the wind. Instinctively in her rapid
 departure she had chosen their favorite road, that which led down to
 the sea, but at first it seemed as if all her efforts were destined to
 be in vain. The fluttering garments had disappeared; on the white road,
@@ -18067,7 +18042,7 @@ stretching away into the distance, was no sign of the wanderer.
 Choking down the horror which possessed her, the young girl tried to
 collect her senses. A few moments ago their patient had been sleeping
 so peacefully that their fears had been set at rest, they had believed
-her out of danger; now--Adèle was inexperienced, but rapidly in her
+her out of danger; now--Adèle was inexperienced, but rapidly in her
 despair old stories of disease, madness, delirium, unnatural strength
 crowded in upon her mind.
 
@@ -18082,22 +18057,22 @@ She had come to a turn in the road. Rounding it, she made an eager
 bound forward, for there through the darkness she could distinguish at
 last the outlines of Margaret's form.
 
-Pressing her hands to her head, Adèle tried to think. If only the old
+Pressing her hands to her head, Adèle tried to think. If only the old
 nurse had been with her, or their landlady! How was she to act? how in
 her single strength to arrest and bring back the fugitive?
 
 Yet there was something in Margaret's gliding movement which made the
 girl think rather of somnambulism than of delirium. If this should
-be the cause of her flight Adèle knew that a sudden awakening might
+be the cause of her flight Adèle knew that a sudden awakening might
 possibly be dangerous to health or reason.
 
 Struggling with her terror, trying to come to some right conclusion,
-she at last reached her friend. Close by was a little path which Adèle
+she at last reached her friend. Close by was a little path which Adèle
 and Margaret know well. It led off from the road, through a wilderness
 of stunted grass and tangled weeds, to the sea.
 
 Here Margaret paused a moment, as if in hesitation. During that
-moment's pause Adèle looked at her fixedly. The young girl's last
+moment's pause Adèle looked at her fixedly. The young girl's last
 suspicion had been true. By the wide-open, sightless eyes, by the
 groping of the hands, by the soft, continuous murmuring of the lips,
 she saw her friend was asleep.
@@ -18106,9 +18081,9 @@ Straining her ears, she distinguished through the moaning wind and
 sobbing sea some of the words that were falling from Margaret's lips.
 "Which way?" And then groping forward, with that blind, pitiful
 movement of the hands, "To the sea? Cold, so cold, but," with a smile
-that made Adèle weep, "Maurice is there."
+that made Adèle weep, "Maurice is there."
 
-As she spoke, Margaret turned into the winding path, and Adèle
+As she spoke, Margaret turned into the winding path, and Adèle
 shivered. What awful dream was bewildering her brain?
 
 Throwing her arm gently round the sleeper, she tried to draw her back
@@ -18138,7 +18113,7 @@ by the light of a young crescent moon, set like a silver bow in the
 parting clouds; before them, dark and hungry, roaring evermore like a
 monster chained, lay the awful sea.
 
-Adèle groaned. If indeed a conflict were before them, she wished it
+Adèle groaned. If indeed a conflict were before them, she wished it
 had taken place above, while those terrible waters were comparatively
 distant, and Margaret was now pressing forward as though _they_ were
 her goal. "Margaret, my darling! for pity's sake awake!" she cried in
@@ -18146,12 +18121,12 @@ her desperation.
 
 But Margaret only answered the voice of her dream. Again came that
 strange, sweet smile--again her lips moved: "Coming, Maurice, coming."
-Then, as Adèle with all her force tried to drag her back to the path,
+Then, as Adèle with all her force tried to drag her back to the path,
 "Patience, my beloved!" and as she spoke the young girl felt in her
 quiet resistance the strength of madness.
 
 Lifting up her heart in a passionate prayer for help to the one Being
-who seems in these awful moments near and real to weak humanity, Adèle
+who seems in these awful moments near and real to weak humanity, Adèle
 made another effort. "Margaret!" she cried, and the ring of her young
 voice sounded clear above the tumult of wind and waves--"Margaret,
 listen to me."
@@ -18168,11 +18143,11 @@ free from the detaining grasp. "Maurice!" she cried in the strange
 exaltation of this madness. "I saw him there--they shall keep me from
 him no longer. Beloved, wait for me; I am coming."
 
-One despairing glance Adèle threw around her; no human being was in
+One despairing glance Adèle threw around her; no human being was in
 sight; she felt numb and powerless, while the frail being, the faint
 pulsations of whose ebbing life they had been watching through those
 anxious nights and days, seemed endowed suddenly with a giant's
-strength. Sobbing convulsively, Adèle threw herself upon Margaret, and
+strength. Sobbing convulsively, Adèle threw herself upon Margaret, and
 seizing her by the waist dragged her backward with all her remaining
 strength. A moment of struggle; then she felt herself being borne along
 the sands, her arms still round Margaret, but all her weight as nothing
@@ -18195,17 +18170,17 @@ times no. In the numbing of every faculty, in the passing away of every
 joy, that grasp of the slender arms grew only the mightier. She would
 save her friend if she could. If not, all she had left was to die with
 her. Like a black cloud that wave hung over them. What delayed its
-onward sweep? Adèle used to say afterward that it was a miracle, for if
+onward sweep? Adèle used to say afterward that it was a miracle, for if
 it had fallen they were lost, beyond the possibility of salvation.
 
 But while they stood, their feet in the foam and that ominous cloud
-above them--for Margaret's impetuous rushing had ceased, and Adèle
+above them--for Margaret's impetuous rushing had ceased, and Adèle
 lacked power to drag her backward--there was a shout, a cry. Another
 of those long moments, and a strong arm was extended; they were drawn
 on to the dry sands, and even as they stood there shivering the
 mighty wave fell, sucking back into the watery waste that lay beyond
 the treacherous foam where their feet had been. Margaret fell back
-unconscious, while Adèle for the moment scarcely thought either of her
+unconscious, while Adèle for the moment scarcely thought either of her
 or their preserver.
 
 As she felt the solid ground beneath her feet and the cool air around
@@ -18223,12 +18198,12 @@ She did not seem to be aware of it. She was all but inanimate, for,
 although not alive to the terrible danger of her situation, Margaret
 had been exhausted by the struggle.
 
-The sight aroused Adèle. Though her knees were trembling under her from
+The sight aroused Adèle. Though her knees were trembling under her from
 fatigue and exhaustion, though her bosom was heaving with sobs that
 refused to be choked down, the brave little champion had still a work
 to do. Her friend was helpless; she must defend her.
 
-Adèle got up, and showing a pale but resolute front touched the
+Adèle got up, and showing a pale but resolute front touched the
 stranger on the arm. He turned to her with a sudden start and muttered
 apology for his neglect; he did not seem to have been aware of her
 presence, and as she caught a nearer view of the dark face, lined with
@@ -18245,7 +18220,7 @@ incoherently, "Who are you? For pity's sake tell me!"
 The dark eyes which had been scanning the pale calm beauty of
 Margaret's face were turned on her. "I am her husband," he said
 simply; his voice trembled, he spoke with difficulty. "And you have
-saved her," he added softly. But this Adèle scarcely heard. She had
+saved her," he added softly. But this Adèle scarcely heard. She had
 turned away. She was passing as fast as her wearied limbs could carry
 her along the path that led to the road. She would leave them alone
 together, and--the cottage held her Arthur.
@@ -18290,7 +18265,7 @@ fur-lined cloak and wrapped it round her, then he raised her in his
 arms to carry her up the road.
 
 This time the horse had been tethered. Maurice had caught sight of
-the light dresses in the moonlight just at the moment when Adèle had
+the light dresses in the moonlight just at the moment when Adèle had
 succeeded in arousing Margaret from the dangerous sleep, and there
 had been a moment's hesitation. Totally unprepared for the impetuous
 rush upon the sea, he had taken the precaution, before following the
@@ -18370,7 +18345,7 @@ Before they had gone very far Margaret had relapsed into total
 unconsciousness, and Maurice was obliged to mount the horse himself,
 taking her before him on the saddle.
 
-Meanwhile, Adèle had reached the cottage, just in time to stop Arthur
+Meanwhile, Adèle had reached the cottage, just in time to stop Arthur
 and the old nurse from starting on another fruitless search.
 
 As the horse with its double burden paced along the road, she and her
@@ -18381,13 +18356,13 @@ making everything ready in Margaret's room, for the young girl had
 told her tale of horrors, and they feared it would be impossible for
 Margaret to survive so much.
 
-But Adèle had seen her calm face, and she answered the doleful
+But Adèle had seen her calm face, and she answered the doleful
 prophecies of the nurses by a smile: "You'll see, nurse; our Margaret
 will soon be better now."
 
 They had been extremely anxious to seize the young girl, after her
 breathless entry and thrilling tale, and put her to bed as an invalid,
-but Adèle decidedly refused submission. The sight of Arthur was like
+but Adèle decidedly refused submission. The sight of Arthur was like
 a tonic to her trembling nerves. She would only allow her poor little
 wet feet to be dried and warmed by the parlor fire, close to which the
 children were still sleeping, and her wet clothes to be changed. As to
@@ -18400,7 +18375,7 @@ struggle had been conducted, they yet heard enough to know that in her
 faithful devotion she had risked her own life, and Arthur, the old
 woman, the landlady looked upon the young girl with a new respect.
 
-"What did you think of, Adèle," asked her cousin as, wrapped up warmly,
+"What did you think of, Adèle," asked her cousin as, wrapped up warmly,
 she stood clinging to him by the garden-gate--"what did you think of
 when that ugly wave was so close to you?" Doubtless, Arthur knew what
 the answer would be. Of course the heroine had thought about her hero.
@@ -18410,7 +18385,7 @@ How could it possibly have been otherwise?
 "I thought of you, and how miserable and lonely you would be. Margaret
 gone, and--and--"
 
-"My Adèle gone," he said very softly, filling up the pause.
+"My Adèle gone," he said very softly, filling up the pause.
 
 And then--ah yes--and then all kinds of foolish things no doubt were
 said and done, for these young people were, as it will be seen, very
@@ -18419,11 +18394,11 @@ of things, perhaps it is scarcely necessary to put them down in black
 and white.
 
 Black and white is not the dress for lovers' nothings, especially the
-sweet almost childish nothings that would flow from lips like Adèle's
+sweet almost childish nothings that would flow from lips like Adèle's
 and Arthur's. They should be written in such colors as the blushing
 east can give, inscribed by the pen of one of God's angels.
 
-For young as Adèle and Arthur were, they knew what they were doing.
+For young as Adèle and Arthur were, they knew what they were doing.
 They had passed through the hand of the Great Instructor, so terrible
 in His aspect, so wise, even loving, in His ways of dealing with weak
 humanity. In the furnace of suffering their hearts had been tried, and
@@ -18442,7 +18417,7 @@ _A LONG SLEEP._
 
 Everything was ready in Margaret's room--warm blankets, steaming cans
 of water, hot fomentations, cordials of many a different kind--for her
-nurses were afraid that the unconsciousness of which Adèle had spoken
+nurses were afraid that the unconsciousness of which Adèle had spoken
 might, after her previous excitement, be very difficult to conquer.
 They were surprised, then, when Maurice at last carried her in and laid
 her down, to find that she bore every appearance of being wrapped in a
@@ -18514,7 +18489,7 @@ of that death-like trance. Evening passed into night, and all but
 Maurice gave up hope. They were allowed to come into the room and
 share the watch, for there was not one in the little house who did not
 enter deeply into the anxiety. The night deepened, and still no sign
-of life from the sleeper. Adèle's cheeks became pale and her eyes red
+of life from the sleeper. Adèle's cheeks became pale and her eyes red
 with frequent weeping; this seemed so desolate an ending to their hopes
 and anxieties. On the child's young face the shadow deepened. She had
 found her mother, but that mother was deaf to her little one's voice,
@@ -18539,7 +18514,7 @@ But Laura's eyes were rapt and eager. "Mamma moved, she will soon
 awake," she cried, and before her father could stop her she had danced
 out of the room to proclaim the joyful news.
 
-Adèle was dozing on the parlor sofa, Arthur was pacing the room
+Adèle was dozing on the parlor sofa, Arthur was pacing the room
 restlessly. He saw the light in the little one's eyes and stopped.
 Laura to Arthur was a kind of prophet, a superior being.
 
@@ -18548,7 +18523,7 @@ who was in the kitchen preparing restoratives of various kinds, for she
 had made up her mind that some means would have to be used to break
 this death-like sleep.
 
-Adèle had heard the child's voice. She started from the sofa. "Let us
+Adèle had heard the child's voice. She started from the sofa. "Let us
 go to her," she cried, and Arthur and she went into the room together.
 
 They were joined after a few moments by the child, the nurse, the
@@ -18559,7 +18534,7 @@ stillness had gone from her face, her hands moved, she sighed now and
 then.
 
 Maurice hung over her, breathless in his anxiety; he would meet her
-first glance. Adèle and Arthur stood together at the foot of the bed;
+first glance. Adèle and Arthur stood together at the foot of the bed;
 the child had crept on to it, and lay very silent close beside her
 mother. It seemed a long time that they waited there together, but when
 the end came it was like a shock to them all.
@@ -18578,14 +18553,14 @@ calmly.
 Evidently as yet she did not know where she was, and Maurice was
 perplexed.
 
-Adèle came to the rescue. Motioning to him to give up his place, she
+Adèle came to the rescue. Motioning to him to give up his place, she
 stooped over her friend. "Margaret darling," she whispered, "Maurice
 has come, and little Laura and Arthur."
 
 The familiar face and well-known voice seemed to arouse her. "It is not
 a dream, then," she said. "No," for the little Laura's clasping arms
 were about her neck, "my child is here, and Maurice; I thought I saw
-him last night and that he forgave me. Was it true, Adèle?"
+him last night and that he forgave me. Was it true, Adèle?"
 
 Her voice sank, for she was very weak, but the old nurse came forward
 with a cordial, which restored her so much that her mind began
@@ -18598,12 +18573,12 @@ of the reality of her dream-like happiness seemed to come to her. The
 first person for whom she asked was Arthur.
 
 In his boyish timidity he had vanished as soon as ever he had become
-certain that she was really awake. Adèle found him and brought him into
+certain that she was really awake. Adèle found him and brought him into
 the room. Margaret held out her hand. "How can I ever thank you, my
 best, my most untiring friend?" she said.
 
 And then--for he seemed as if he did not know how to answer--she drew
-Adèle toward her and joined their hands.
+Adèle toward her and joined their hands.
 
 "You will be happy," she said smiling--"perhaps all the happier
 for this. Maurice"--he was sitting close beside her, his arm round
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