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and eat her heart away. She longed,
with longing no words can tell, to go
back TO the humble home where she
had been loved like a child ana
worshiped like a queen. Before her,
by night and day were those words;
III she were dead, he would be
free!"
II had been such a terrible mistake,
this marriage. She saw 1t so plainly
now. He ought to have welded one or
his class. brought UP In the same way,
with the same habits and customs. IN
stead of which he had fallen IN love
with her, a simple, uniformed chlld,
ignorant OF all the arts OF social me
OF all the ways Of the great world Ia
which she had to hold SO prominent
place.
She recognized the mistake clearly
now, with despair in her heart. She
was altogether unfit, True, she had n
lovely face, and tender, winning
manner; there. she said to hersell, her
attractions ended. She was not ut to
to be Lord Vivian SeIwyn's wife. she
Wuh not dllt w IlhlliF' no '''''''-''F'''
to rule as queen where he reigned as
king, nor was she fitted to train her
child for the high position he must
ono day occupy. She could only teach
him old-lashioned notions OF right ana
wrong, such as her father had taught
her, and her teaching was sneered at,
derlded, ridculed!
l..l .V YAp
advantages" for the boy, he was to be
removed from her care, and sent away
from her.
Look which way she would, there
was no CLEAN of hope or sunshine for
her. Her husband was estranged the
coldness and distance between them
deepened every day Her child was
seldom with her, for Lord Vivian, by
Miss Leigh's advice had found tutor
for him Mrs. Selwyn's manner grew
more reserved, and Beatrice silently
but surely avenged upon the innocent
girl what she considered her own
wrongs In all the wide world there
was not one to whom she could turn
for comfort, She would not make her
father wretched by telling him of her
own unhapplneRs. She cared little
for Countess Sitani's offer of friend.
ship, that lady having candidly
ayerred she loved nothing one half so
much as herself, She was dreary
and desolate, always thinking, always
saying to herself that III she were
dead, he would be free"
The day came when Lord Vivian
spoke to his mother Of the unpleasant
rumors abroad. She listened with u
resigned expression of face that an.
noyed him still more.
"Of course" she said. ut Ii useless
talking, Vivian, the deed IL done. but
II was really most unfortunate mar.
rage for you Vlolante cannot pos.
sibly fulhl her duties, and you say
scandal has arisen because Beatrice
fulills them for her"
He mado no attempt To contradict
the first part of her sentence He did
not break out. as he would formerly
have done. in vindicatlon of his
choice, he merely sighed deeply, and
said It would be better perhaps II
Beatrice left them.
Where my ward goes, go, said
Mrs Selwyn; that viii save further
comment We win return to England
together, Heaven help you, Vivian!
You will not have very happy life"
So in the course of few days II
was announced that Mrs, Selwyn ana
Misc | Ainh ininnInl -,
England Lord and Lady Sewyn
would remain at the villa Pisani BE.
fore they left, n grand ball was to be
given as farewell fete, and they
little dreamed Of how that ball would
end.
There was n most unpleasant scene
when Mrs. Selwyn told Beatrice of her
sons decision. The grand southern
face grew pale, and the dark i, es
flashed fire.
i am to leave the only home Il
know" she said. proudly, "in com,
plianco with within, caprice. OF
Lady Selwyn's, is It so?"
People will talk" said Mrs. Sci
wyn, with an attempt at apology that
MISS Leigh waved haughtily aside Il
do no think Niolante is to blame for
all OF It,"
$50 be It, said Miss Leigh III Il
were not for what the world would
say, | would 80 ut once"
But she grew ealmer when Mrs
Selwyn told her that for the future
they would live together. That did
not seem SO much like exile.
i have always thought" said Mrs.
Selwyn that 1t is better for young
people TO live alone. Perhaps Violante
has felt constraint and uneasiness he.
fore us; II may be, Beatrice. that had
she been alone with her husband, they
would have understood each other
better"
DO they not understand each other
now" she asked, and wicked CLEAN
of triumph frightened her faee--a
rush of unholy joy thrilled her heart.
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