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to look for her, but he has not returned." M. Destournier went to his wife's room. She was hysterical and unreasonable. "Promise me that such a miserable, deceitful thing as that girl is shall never enter this house," she cried. "I cannot breathe the same air with her. You must choose between us. If you keep to her, I shall know you have no love for me. I will kill myself." "Marguerite, calm yourself. Rose is not to remain here, but go to the Heberts. So you will have quiet and nothing to do but recover your health. And if you can get well enough, we will go to Montreal, as I have to transact some business. The change will do you good." "You will not take her?" "No, no. Now let the girl alone. She is provided for, and you have the two women at your service." "She did nothing for me. And after roaming the woods and canoeing with M. Boulle, she should have been glad to marry him, for decency's sake." "We will let her quite alone," he exclaimed authoritatively. "Why did you not eat some supper?" "I couldn't. Oh, Ralph, be kind to me. Do not let that girl steal your love from me. I was quite as pretty in youth, but the years are hard on one. And I need your love more than ever. You are not tender and caressing as Laurent was." He bent over and kissed her, smoothed her tangled hair, and patted the hot cheek. "I have been busy all day, and have had no supper," he began, loosening the hands about his neck. She sobbed wildly. She had been so lonely all day. She missed M. Boulle so much. He would have been a son to them. He had to tear himself away. He did not take his supper, but rushed out to make inquiries. Where had Rose gone? Was she wandering about the woods? There had been wolves, stray Indians, and a dozen dangers. The palisade gates were fastened. He asked at two or three of the cabins, where he knew she was a favorite. And where was Pani? Pani was asleep on a soft couch of moss, under a clump of great oak trees. He had lain down, warm and tired, and his nap was good for ten or twelve hours. "I saw her by Noko's wigwam," said a woman, as she heard him inquiring. Not even waiting to thank her, he rushed thither. Noko had the reputation of being a sort of seer, though she seldom used her gift. She sat on the stone beside her door, and a woman knelt before her, to whom she was talking in a low monotonous tone. His step startled the listener, and she sprang up. "Whither did Rose go?" he
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