14/33 What became of her ?" "I haven't an idea. Something bad, I suppose, as they never speak of her." "And how long is he dead ?" "He died about three years since. I only knew it from Phil's telling me that he was in mourning for him. Then he did speak of him for a moment or two, and I came to know that he had carried on to the end in the same way. If a fellow takes to drink in this country, he'll never get cured in India." "I suppose not." "Never." "And now I want to find out something about his widow." "And why ?" "Ah;--I'm not sure that I can tell you why. |