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I rose from my cushioned seat, into which Adolphus, evidently thinking
me a fool, immediately snuggled himself, and I stood facing her with my
back to the fire.
"Well?" said I.
"I am ready to go back to my husband, if he can be found, and, of
course, if he will have me."
I commended her for a brave women. She smiled rather sadly and shook her
head.
"Those are two gigantic 'ifs.'"
"Giants before now have been slain by the valiant," I replied.
"How is Captain Vauvenarde to be found?"
"An officer in the French Army is not like a lost sparrow in London. His
whereabouts could be obtained from the French War Office. What is his
regiment?"
"The Chasseurs d'Afrique. Yes," she added thoughtfully. "I see, it isn't
difficult to trace him. I make one condition, however. You can't refuse
me."
"What is that?"
"Until things are fixed up everything must go on just as at present
between Dale and me. He is not to be told anything. If nothing comes
of it then I'll have him all to myself. I won't give him up and be left
alone.


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