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Chapter 51

           Hehadlefther,whenonlyeighteen;robbedherofjewelsandmoney;gambled,squandered,forged,andfledtoLondon:wherefortwoyearshehadassociatedwiththelowestoutcasts.Shewassinkingunderapainfulandincurabledisease,andwishedtorecoverhimbeforeshedied.Inquiriesweresetonfoot,andstrictsearchesmade.Theywereunavailingforalongtime,butultimatelysuccessful;andhewentbackwithhertoFrance.

           ‘Thereshedied,’saidMonks,‘afteralingeringillness;and,onherdeath-bed,shebequeathedthesesecretstome,togetherwithherunquenchableanddeadlyhatredofallwhomtheyinvolvedthoughsheneednothaveleftmethat,forIhadinheriteditlongbefore.Shewouldnotbelievethatthegirlhaddestroyedherself,andthechildtoo,butwasfilledwiththeimpressionthatamalechildhadbeenborn,andwasalive.Isworetoher,ifeveritcrossedmypath,tohuntitdown;nevertoletitrest;topursueitwiththebitterestandmostunrelentinganimosity;toventuponitthehatredthatIdeeplyfelt,andtospitupontheemptyvauntofthatinsultingwillbydragginit,ifIcould,totheverygallows-foot.Shewasright.

           Hecameinmywayatlast.Ibeganwell;and,butforbabblingdrabs,IwouldhavefinishedasIbegan!’

           Asthevillainfoldedhisarmstighttogether,andmutteredcursesonhimselfintheimpotenceofbaffledmalice,Mr.

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