she tried however to check them, and was again proceeding when he stopped her—
"Will you not bid me farewell then (said he in a reproachful voice), ere we part?"
"Part! (repeated Madeline) don't you sup with Madame Chatteneuf?"
"No; I feel myself extremely ill, and have just apologised to her. You return then to-morrow (he continued), to the chateau; and you know not perhaps when you may revisit this town?"
"No (said Madeline), I do not."
"To me indeed, it is of little consequence to know (cried he), for I propose to leave it soon myself; would to heaven I had done so some days ago. Yet how can I tear myself from a place where I know there is a chance of beholding you:—oh, Madeline, to do so requires a resolution I am scarcely master of."
"I dare say (exclaimed Madeline, endeavouring to rally her spirits, and disengage the hand which he had taken between his), you'll
