She had formed relations with that world not to be cast off lightly.

She was a wife, violently separated from her husband; and setting at defiance the laws which had bound them together.
On the third day Mrs.Dexter received a communication from her husband.

It was imperative, reading thus: "MRS.

DEXTER--I have twice sought to gain an interview, and twice been repelled with insult.

I now write to ask when and where you will see me.