O no--she never did.

She left Toneborough, and later on appeared under another name at Exonbury, in the next county, where she was not known.

It is very seldom that I go down into that part of the country, but in passing through Exonbury, on one occasion, I learnt that she was quite a settled resident there, as a teacher of music, or something of the kind.

That much I casually heard when I was there two or three years ago.

But I have never set eyes on her since our original acquaintance, and should not know her if I met her.' 'Did the child live ?' asked the doctor.
'For several years, certainly,' replied his friend.