That will do her a world of
good.
"She had your things taken up to the box-room, so that she might not
see them any more, and Madame la Marquise has your room, but Madame
la Comtesse never sets foot in it. The artist in hair says that
there is talk of renting a new house, or even of going to Spain. I
should be very sorry to leave Madame la Comtesse, but to Spain I
would not go.
"I should be glad to know from Monsieur le Docteur whether, after
madame has consoled herself a little, I may give her monsieur's
address, that his things may be forwarded. I hope you are well, and
that you will write me a line. You need not be anxious about madame,
she will soon be all right again. You were not the first, and, let
us hope, you will not have been the last.
"I salute Monsieur le Docteur, "Your very obedient servant,
"AUGUSTE.
"POSTSCRIPT.--In spite of her desperation, madame had the presence
of mind to try and persuade Anne you very probably had to fly from
your political enemies, or had even been carried off and murdered by
Prussian agents. Anne said, 'Yes; such things have happened.' The
viper! You did well to take yourself out of this."
Wilhelm was unaware that he read the letter twice or three times
over without a pause between.
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