'
"As she said this, her thoughts seemed to turn aside upon something
else, and she sat looking down upon the floor in a state of deep
abstraction. At last, taking a long breath, she looked up, and said
with trembling lips and a husky voice,
"'I have something more to tell you. There is another aspect to this
miserable affair.'
"And she drew forth a crumpled letter.
"'I found this, sealed, and directed, lying on the floor of my
husband's room, two days ago. It is in his hand writing; addressed
to a lady in New York, and signed R. D. I will read you its
contents.' And she unfolded the letter, and read:
"'My dearest Caroline,' it began; and then went on for a few
paragraphs, in a lover-like strain; after which, the divorce from
the writer's wife was referred to as a thing of speedy attainment,
there being little fear of opposition on her part, as he had given
her to understand that he had witnesses ready to prove her criminal
conduct; if she dared to resist his will in the matter. 'A few
months of patient waiting, dearest Caroline,' was the concluding
sentence, 'and then for that happy consummation we have so long
desired.
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