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CHAPTER XI
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He behaved most liberally to me; and we parted with sincere good wishes on either side.
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6 .-- _Mr.Lionel Varleigh, of Boston, U.S.A., testifies and says:--_ MY first proceeding, on my recovery, was to go to the relations of Captain Stanwick in London, for the purpose of making inquiries about him.
I do not wish to justify myself at the expense of that miserable man.

It is true that I loved Miss Laroche too dearly to yield her to any rival except at her own wish.

It is also true that Captain Stanwick more than once insulted me, and that I endured it.

He had suffered from sunstroke in India, and in his angry moments he was hardly a responsible being.
It was only when he threatened me with personal chastisement that my patience gave way.


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