CHAPTER XXII.
ETHIE'S LETTERS "Stafford House, Feb .--, "Five o'clock in the afternoon.
"RICHARD: I am going away from you forever, and When you recall the words you spoke to me last night, and the deep humiliation you put upon me, you will readily understand that I go because we cannot live together any longer as man and wife.

You said things to me, Richard, which women find hard to forgive, and which they never can forget.

I did not deserve that you should treat me so, for, bad as I may have been in other respects, I am innocent of the worst thing you alleged against me, and which seemed to excite you so much.

Until I heard it from you, I did not know Frank Van Buren was within a thousand miles of Camden.

The note from him which I leave with this letter, and which you will remember was brought to the door by a servant, who said it had been mislaid and forgotten, will prove that I tell you truly.