When she found herself again alone in her chamber, she again regretted not having staid a little longer with de Sevignie. "It was a last request (said she), and I might on that account have complied with it; he might then have opened his whole soul to me: he might then have revealed the whole circumstances which oppose his wishes:—yet, alas! of what use could it be to know them, since separated it could give little consolation to know by what means."
But, notwithstanding those words, Madeline wished to know them; it was a wish however which, she was convinced, would never be gratified; for, though she was sure de Sevignie had no reason to blush in avowing them, she was equally sure he never would do so.
Madame Chatteneuf's coach was ordered the next morning at an early hour, as she wished to spend a long day with her friend; but an unexpected circumstance retarded
