Her new and unlooked-for fortune placed a fresh weapon at her disposal, and she felt that the victory would yet be hers if she could but see Norbert again, were it but for a single instant.

Was she not certain of the absolute power that she exercised over him, for had she not by a few words induced him to enter upon the terrible path of crime?
She must see him, and that without a moment's delay, for the danger was imminent.

A day now would be worth a year hereafter.

She determined that, upon that very night, she would visit Champdoce.

A little after midnight, when the inhabitants of the Chateau were wrapped in slumber, she crept on tiptoe down the grand staircase, and made her exit by a side door.