"
"I have been amply repaid already," said Arletta, "by the miraculous
transformation of a very bad and offensive man whom I did not like, into
a thoroughly good one whom I do like. So say no more about the matter,
for the present at least. After you have fully recovered from the
effects of the terrible ordeal through which you have just passed, then
I shall consider any protests you may have to offer, but not before. I
have ordered the carriage to come for you at noon, and have given
instructions to have you taken to the hotel. When you arrive there, you
will go to the head clerk's desk and hand him your card." Here she gave
me a small package of visiting cards on which was inscribed "John
Convert." "You will then ask to be shown to your apartments, which have
been settled for in advance for one year, after which make yourself as
comfortable as possible in the place. Do not mention your business in
any way as it pertains to you and me. It will be impossible for me to
see you as often as I should like, but whenever it is convenient I shall
have you come and see me. I am stopping at a different hotel in another
part of the city, and for reasons best known to myself, I shall continue
to withhold my last name from you, as you seem to have no recollection
of it whatever, and it will also be necessary for the present to meet
you in some out-of-the-way place, which I will designate later. Perhaps
some day you will learn who I am, and all about me, but until I am ready
to furnish you with further information concerning my identity, I shall
rely upon your honor as a man not to undertake, by any methods
whatsoever, to discover who I am, or where I reside.
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