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now. for the misery Of my lie Is
greater than l can bear" !
She alked up and down in the dark
ness Of her room, wrlnglng heT hanuS
and giving vent to a low, Waillng cry
that went to Angela's heart
Il can bear it no longer" cried Lady
Laura. .'Oh, Angel, if l could but
undo this unhappy marriage-H l
could but undo what | have done! on,
nv darling when you saw me bent on
so mad a proceeding, why did you not
prevent me?"
40 word Of r4proach crossed Ange-
las lips. She simply kissed her
mother and assured her that she
would do her best to comfort and
brighten her desolate life.
- regret it most bitterly" continued
the hapless lady. CAS- you have sald
tC, me often, we were very happy, my
darling you and l, by ourselves.
had our fathers loving memory; and |
cannot think now why | was guilty OF
so rash an act Oh, Angel why dld
Won let me do it? Why did you not
prevent it? l must have been mad .
/ was free, happy; l could do as
would 20 where l chose; | was mis-
rFess Of my own fortune. | had no
crueI pain as now ever gnawing at my
heart. Oh. Angel, l repent, l repent!
AngcIa could only whisper words OF
love and comfort to her unhappy
mother.
LADY Laura caught her daughters
hands in her own"
angela" she said, you must do
something to help me. cannot bear
this life. Think of some way in when
I can escape-Oh, think, my daring.
But alas, there was no way OF eS'
cape, The chains which the unhappy
!lady had forged for herself could be
Ibroken only by death
Il look around me in vain, she
Icontinued. "Oh, Angel, can you VINO
love me think of no means OF escape
for me? My misery is driving me
mad. Oh. why has Heaven punished
me SO hardly?"
Angela could have told her misera-
lie mother that her marriage was
never likely to turn out we'll Tor she
he'd married a man, not for his spot
less character but for his personal
iappcarance. knowing at the same
time that his reputation was not OF
the best. How could such mar
riage be blessed OF prosper? 1t was
impossible, Angela told herself; but
this was not the time TO say as much
to her no her
Il know the time would come when
I should not be able to bear it any
longer. and now it has GOMEZ ciled
hcr ladyship, with a ring of despair
n her voice. ooh, Angel, what can
You do to help me-
Il am afraid l can do but little
mamma"
Il cannot stay here Angel" her
ladyahip whispered, here. where my
rfv2I is; I must go away from here. %
Il will go with you, mamma You
shall MT remain here to be tortured
and made miserable but shall go back
L. our dear old home. where we can
be happy"
And leave him. Angela?" queried
;hc unhappy Iady-"Ieave the cap'
tain"
IL seems to me YOU must do so,
mamma. If you wish to have any
comfort. you must leave him for a
time He does not study YOU"
is there no other way, Angela? Is
there nothing YOU can think ONO
plan you can suggest except that?'
My darling mother. can see no
! other" she replied. 1T makes you
very unhappy to see the captain
great friendship for Miss Rane; but,
a. we cannot send her away the only
! thing is for us to go
! Lady Laura hesitated for some min
utes. True. her husband made her
very unhappy. he caused her the great
est Of pain and misery-yet she loved
him still.
1T is torture to be with him she
sighed: but would it not be greater
torture sill to be without him.
| You know best, mamma darling,
jreplicd Angela mo one can answer
that question but YOURSELF You
know what you suffer now. 1t is
daily and hourly torture: YOU have no
IIespi,e. That which grieves you 50
much is continually under your no
Iice: but away from here other things
would claim your notice"
You are right Angel" said Lady
Laura. 1t will be best to so away,
il would so anywhere rather than re-
main her to suffer what l have recent
~. This visit TO Brighton, which
had hoped would be a pleasant one,
will be remembered with pain.
we will go to Rood Abbey, mann,
ma: YOU shall not stay here a day
longer
will the captain be angry" asked
her ladyship timidly.
4 don't think that need concern US
mamma. replied Angela. We must
think Of you. not of him. Make ur
Your mind to go back TO Rood tomOr
ROW. ! will tell the captain YOU are
going. and I will also tell him why"
Lady Laura was tired of her mis-
cry. yet uncertain as TO whether the
course she was going to take would
no5 make her more wretched. She
wanted to be away from her husband
Iyet with miserable tenacity her heart
chung to him. At last she decided tC
adopt Angela's suggestion and go Il
Rood
I For some time mother and dauehtel