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 who had been suddenly frozen into a statue. Then he spoke in a calm voice:

You have accused Beaulieu,' he said, 'of something which I for my part do not believe, but which it would be utterly impossible for a gentleman to deny. To your face and in your presence it would be impossible for him to deny the charge that you have made. But whether you have spoken the truth or whether you have lied, every thing between us is over. I am through. If Beaulieu wishes to risk your selfish, dissatisfied, drama-loving nature he is welcome to. It is nothing to me. I shall not even be angry. You will, however, both of you leave this house in the morning. And you will not either of you come back—ever.'

"Then he said,  ' B—rrr! It is cold!' and turned on his bare heel and marched off. We could hear him locking and double-locking the door of their bedroom.

See what you have done!' I said. And I tried to take her arms from about my neck. But she only clung the tighter. She said, 'I love you—I love you.'

"When a woman sacrifices her home and her position and her honor for a man what can that man do? In nine cases out of ten he will end by playing her game . . . I cannot tell you, Edward, how sweet she was and how good for years and