It is the
avowal you have forced from ME that parts us. The man to whom I have
said 'I'--must not remain beneath my husband's roof. Does not your sense
of honor agree with mine?"
"It does," faltered he.
"To-morrow you must leave the chateau."
"I will obey you."
"What, you do not resist, you do not break my heart by complaints, by
reproaches?"
"No, Josephine, all is changed. I thought you unfeeling: I thought you
were going to be HAPPY with him; that was what maddened me."
"I pray daily YOU may be happy, no matter how. But you and I are not
alike, dear as we are to one another. Well, do not fear: I shall never
be happy--will that soothe you, Camille?"
"Yes, Josephine, all is changed; the words you have spoken have driven
the fiends out of my heart. I have nothing to do now but to obey, you to
command: it is your right. Since you love me a little still, dispose
of me. Bid me live: bid me die: bid me stay: bid me go. I shall never
disobey the angel who loves me, my only friend upon the earth."
A single deep sob from Josephine was all the answer.
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