Therein it was beneficently granted her to be of the service she prayed to be through her death.

She died to save.

In a last letter, found upon her pincushion, addressed to me under seal of secrecy toward the parties principally concerned, she anticipates the whole confession of the unhappy duchess.

Nay, she prophesies: "The duchess will tell you truly she has had enough of love!" Those actual words were reiterated to me by the poor lady daily until her lord arrived to head the funeral procession, and assist in nursing back the shattered health of his wife to a state that should fit her for travelling.

To me, at least, she was constant in repeating, "No more of love!" By her behaviour to her duke, I can judge her to have been sincere.