'O yes;—for when the mind is uneasy no air can be of use to the body.'
'But why is your mind uneasy?'
'Here I should be exposed to see Maynard, and—and—he would see you too.'
'And what then?'
'What then?—Why, I could not bear to see him look on you with an eye of disrespect.'
'And wherefore should he?'
'O Adeline, the name of wife imposes restraint even on a libertine; but that of mistress—'
'Is Mr Maynard a libertine?' said Adeline gravely: and Glenmurray, afraid of wounding her feelings by entering into a further explanation, changed the subject, and again requested her consent to leave Lisbon.
'I have often told you,' said Adeline sighing, 'that my will is yours; and if you will give strict orders to have letters sent after us to the towns that we shall stop at, I am ready to set off immediately.'
Glenmurray then gave his orders; wrote a letter explaining his situation to Maynard, and in an hour they were on their journey to France.