CHAPTER XLIII.
The mind of the clerk's master had been troubled by serious doubts, after Carmina left his house on Sunday.
Her agitated manner, her strange questions, and her abrupt departure, all suggested to Mr.Mool's mind some rash project in contemplation--perhaps even the plan of an elopement.

To most other men, the obvious course to take would have been to communicate with Mrs.
Gallilee.

But the lawyer preserved a vivid remembrance of the interview which had taken place at his office.

The detestable pleasure which Mrs.
Gallilee had betrayed in profaning the memory of Carmina's mother, had so shocked and disgusted him, that he recoiled from the idea of holding any further intercourse with her, no matter how pressing the emergency might be.

It was possible, after what had passed, that Carmina might feel the propriety of making some explanation by letter.