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           "AsifI’dgiveupmycareertoburymyselfinsomeholeinItaly!"

           ShepersuadedhimthatshehadadutytoMichael,andthentherewasthebaby;shecouldn’tlethimgrowupwiththeburdenonhisyounglifethathismotherwasabadwoman.Orangetreesornoorangetrees,shewouldneverhaveamoment’speaceinthatbeautifulItalianvillaifshewastorturedbythethoughtofMichael’sunhappinessandherbabybeinglookedafterbystrangers.Onecouldn’tonlythinkofoneself,couldone?Onehadtothinkofotherstoo.Shewasverysweetandwomanly.ShesometimesaskedCharleswhyhedidnotarrangeadivorcewithhiswifeandmarrysomenicewoman.Shecouldnotbearthethoughtofhiswastinghislifeoverher.Hetoldherthatshewastheonlywomanhehadeverlovedandthathemustgoonlovinghertilltheend.

           "Itseemssosad,"saidJulia.

           Allthesameshekepthereyesopen,andifshenoticedthatanywomanhadpredatoryintentionsonCharlesshetookcaretoqueerherpitch.Shedidnothesitateifthedangerseemedtowarrantittoshowherselfextremelyjealous.Ithadbeenlongagreed,withallthedelicacythatmightbeexpectedfromhisgoodbreedingandJulia’sgoodheart,innodefinitewords,butwithguardedhintsandremoteallusiveness,thatifanythinghappenedtoMichael,LadyCharlesshouldsomehoworotherbedisposedofandtheywouldthenmarry.ButMichaelhadperfecthealth.

           OnthisoccasionJuliahadmuchenjoyedlunchingatHillStreet.Thepartyhadbeenverygrand.