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CARNAL AND HIS MOTHER.
Returning from Barode Barouche's home to his mother's House on the Hill, Carnac was in a cheerless mood.

With Barouche's death to Carnac it was as though he himself had put aside for ever the armour of war, for Barouche was the only man in the world who had ever tempted him to fight, or whom he had fought.
There was one thing he must do: he must go to Junia, tell her he loved her, and ask her to be his wife.

She had given him the fatal blue certificate of his marriage and the marriage could now be ended with Luzanne's consent, for she would not fight the divorce he must win soon.
He could now tell the truth, if need be, to his constituents, for there would be time enough to recover his position, if it were endangered, before the next election came, and Junia would be by his side to help him! Junia--would she, after all, marry him now?
He would soon know.
To-night he must spend with his mother, but to-morrow he would see Junia and learn his fate, and know about Luzanne.

Luzanne had been in Montreal, had been ready to destroy his chance at the polls, and Junia had stopped it.