You persuaded her, with the greatest difficulty, to apply for a Divorce." "Very well.

I had made all the necessary arrangements for the trial, when I received a letter from Germany.

My charming client had changed her mind, and declined to apply for the Divorce.

There was my reward for having been too clever!" "I don't understand you." "My dear fellow, you are dull to-night.

I had been so successful in protecting Mrs.Linley and the child, and my excellent courier had found such a charming place of retreat for them in one of the suburbs of Hanover, that 'she saw no reason now for taking the shocking course that I had recommended to her--so repugnant to all her most cherished convictions; so sinful and so shameful in its doing of evil that good might come.