You have yourself kindly furnished us with a copy of the marriage register, with the date attached, without which I must own we might have been momentarily at a loss.

I need now only apply for a copy of the register of the decease of Jasper Carroll, who, as you do not deny, died under personal restraint in jail; in Baton Rouge Jail in Louisiana, I have no doubt you intended to add." She glared at him in silence.
"Some dates acquire a peculiar interest when compared," continued Charles, "but I will not detain you any longer with business details of this kind, as I have no doubt that you will wish to superintend your packing." "I won't go." "On the contrary, you will leave this house in half an hour.

The dog-cart is ordered to take you to the station." "What if I refuse to go ?" "Extreme measures are always to be regretted, especially with a lady," said Charles.

"Nothing, in short, would be more repugnant to me; but I fear, as a magistrate, it would be my duty to--" And he shrugged his shoulders, wondering what on earth could be done for the moment if she persisted.

"But," he continued, "motives of self-interest suggest the advisability of withdrawing, even if I were not here to enforce it.