from her lips who is it from i asked she but made no answer who is it from woman i cried is it possible that you have been as � to jim as you were to me how rude you are jack i she cried i do wish that you would mind your own business there is only one person that it could be from i cried it is from this man de and suppose that you are right jack the coolness of the woman amazed and enraged me you confess it i cried have you then no shame left why should i not receive letters from this gentleman because it is infamous and why because he is a stranger on the contrary said she he is my husband chapter ix thb doings at west inch i can remember that moment so well i have heard from others that a great sudden blow has their senses it was not so with me on the contrary i saw and heard and thought more clearly than i had ever done before i can remember that my eyes caught a little of marble as broad as my palm which was in one of the grey stones of the and i found time to admire its delicate and yet the look upon my face must have been strange for cousin screamed and leaving me she ran off to the house i followed her and tapped at the window of her room for i could see that she was there gk away jack go away i she cried you are going to me i won t be i i won t open the window go away but i continued to tap i must have a word with you i cried what is it then she asked raising the about three inches the moment you begin to i shall close it are you really married yes i am married who married you the great shadow at the roman catholic chapel at and you a he wished it to be in a catholic church when was it on wednesday week i remembered then that on that day she had driven over to while de had been away on a long walk as he said among the hills what about jim i asked oh jim will forgive me you will break his heart and ruin his life no no he will forgive me he will murder de oh how could you bring such disgrace and misery upon us ah now you are she cried and down came the window i waited some little time and tapped for i had much still to ask her but she would return no answer and i thought that i could hear her sobbing at last i gave it up and was about to go into the house for it was nearly dark now when i heard the click of the garden gate it was de himself but as he came up the path he seemed to me to be either mad or drunk he danced as he walked cracked his fingers in the air and his eyes blazed like two will o the he shouted � de la � just as he had done when he was off his head and then suddenly t en and up he came waving the doings at west inch his walking cane over his head he stopped short when he saw me looking at him and i dare say he felt a bit ashamed of himself jack i he cried i didn t thought anybody was there i am in what you call the high spirits to night so it seems said i in my blunt fashion you may not feel so merry when my friend jim comes back to morrow ah he comes back to morrow does he and why should i not fed merry because if i know the man he will kill you ta ta ta cried de i see that you know of our marriage has told you jim may do what he likes you have given us a nice return for having taken you in my good fellow said he i have as you say given you a very nice return i have taken from a life which is unworthy of her and i have connected you by marriage with a noble family however i have some letters which i must write to night and the rest we can talk over to morrow when your friend jim is here to help us he stepped towards the door and this was whom you were awaiting at the tower i cried seeing light suddenly why jack you are becoming quite sharp said he in a mocking tone and an instant later i heard the door of his room close and the key turn in the lock i thought that i should see him no the great shadow more that night but a few minutes later he came into the kitchen where i was sitting with the old folk madame said he bowing down with his hand to his heart in his own queer fashion i have met with much kindness in your hands and it shall always be in my heart i didn t thought i could have been so happy in the quiet country as you have made me you will accept this small and you also sir you will take this little gift which i have the honour to make to you he put two paper down upon the table at their elbows and then with three more bows to my mother he walked from the room his present was a with a green stone set in the middle and a dozen little shining white ones all round it we had never seen such things before and did not know how to set a name to them but they told us afterwards at that the big one was an and that 