I was aware of it.

That is, he--I mean it was suspected that you had meant it once.

I found this out--don't ask me how--shortly after I was married; and I determined, as the only chance of avoiding it--and several other things--never to write to you again; never to take the least means of bringing myself--us--back to your memory." "Why so ?" "I wished you to forget us, and all connected with us, and to choose some one more worthy, more suitable, to inherit your property." "But, Helen, that choice rested with myself alone," said the earl, smiling.

"Has not a man the right to do what he likes with his own ?" "Yes, but--oh," cried Helen, earnestly, "do not talk of this.

It caused me such misery once.