I thought he might pick up such in the little office below, but he was never able to do so--Mr.Steele has taken care not to leave a line written in this house--but he did find a few lines signed with his name in his own room at the boarding-house, and these he showed me before he told me the result of his errand.

They settled all doubts.

What is to be my fate?
Surely this man has no real claim on me, after all these years, when I thought myself your true and honest wife.

He may ruin your campaign, defeat your hopes, overwhelm me with calumny and a loss of repute, but surely, surely he can not separate us.

The law will not uphold him in that; will it, Henry?
Say that it will not, say--oh, say that--it--will not--do--that, or we shall live to curse the day, not when we were born; but when our little innocent child came to us!".