'I heard their voices even here.' 'They were threatening me;--threatening me and you.' 'About that woman ?' 'Yes; about that woman.

Not that they have dared yet to mention her name,--but it was about that woman.' 'And she ?' 'I've heard nothing from her since that letter.

I do not know that she is in England, but I suppose that she is with them.' 'Does it make you unhappy, John ?' 'Very unhappy.' 'Does it frighten you ?' 'Yes.

It makes me fear that you for a while will be made miserable,--you whom I had thought that I could protect from all sorrow and from all care! O my darling! of course it frightens me; but it is for you.' 'What will they do first, John ?' 'They have already said words before the man there which will of course be spread about the country.' 'What words ?' Then he paused, but after pausing he spoke very plainly.

'They said that you were not my wife.' 'But I am.' 'Indeed you are.' 'Tell me all truly.