Two days later she received another letter in the following language:-- "You do wrong, my dear Ursula, not to answer one who loves you better than life itself.

You think you will marry Savinien--you are very much mistaken.

That marriage will not take place.

Madame de Portenduere went this morning to Rouvre to ask for the hand of Mademoiselle Clementine for her son.

Savinien will yield in the end.