Chapter 33

           

           Withthemorningcamefullconsciousness;Irealizedbitterlyallthathadhappened,butIwasnolongerinclinedtobemoanmyfate.Mysenseswerestricken,asitseemed,toonumbandrigidforanyfurtheroutbreakofpassion.Ahardcallousnesstooktheplaceofoutragedfeeling;andthoughdespairwasinmyheart,mymindwasmadeuptoonesternresolve—IwouldlookuponSibylnomore.Neveragainshouldthatfairface,thedeceitfulmaskofafalsenature,temptmysightandmovemetopityorforgiveness—thatIdetermined.LeavingtheroominwhichIhadpassedthenight,Iwenttomystudyandwrotethefollowingletter;—

           Sibyl.

           Afterthedegradinganddisgracefulsceneoflastnightyoumustbeawarethatanyfurtherintercoursebetweenusisimpossible.PrinceRimânezandIareleavingforLondon;weshallnotreturn.YoucancontinuetoresideatWillowsmere—thehouseisyours—andthehalfofmyfortuneunconditionallysettleduponyouonourmarriage-daywillenableyoutokeepupthefashionsofyour‘set,’andlivewiththatluxuryandextravaganceyoudeemnecessarytoan‘aristocratic’position.Ihavedecidedtotravel—andIintendtomakesucharrangementsasmayprevent,ifpossible,ourevermeetingagain—thoughIshallofcoursedomybestformyownsake,toavoidanyscandal.Toreproachyouforyourconductwouldbeuseless;youarelosttoallsenseofshame.

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