“Whom will she bring with her?”
“Her relatives, M. Thomas Elgin and Mrs. Brian. Oh Henrietta, dearest Henrietta! to think that you should be exposed to the spite and the persecution of these wretches!”
She raised her head proudly, and replied,—
“I am not afraid of them.” Then she added in a gentler tone,—
“Besides, won’t you always be near me, to advise me, and to protect me in case of danger?”
“I? Don’t you think they will try to part us soon enough?”
“No, Daniel, I know very well that the house will no longer be open to you.”
“Well?”
The poor girl blushed up to the roots of her hair, and, turning her. eyes away from him to avoid his looks, she said,—
“Since they force us to do so, I must needs do a thing a girl, properly speaking, ought not to do. We will meet secretly. I shall have to stoop to win over one of my waiting-women, who may be discreet and obliging enough to aid me, and, through her, I will write to you, and receive your letters.”