Life even in the quiet spot she had chosen would become intolerable, and she would be obliged to go forth again into a more distant exile.

She bitterly repented having written to her husband in his prison to tell him where she was settled.

It would have been sufficient to acquaint the governor with the fact, so that Goddard might know where she was when his term expired.

She had never written but once, and he had perhaps not been allowed to answer the letter.

His appearance at her door proved that he had received it.