Chat Between Brother and Sister

           DuringthetimewhichLorddeWintertooktoshutthedoor,closeashutter,anddrawachairneartohissister-in-law’sfauteuil,Milady,anxiouslythoughtful,plungedherglanceintothedepthsofpossibility,anddiscoveredalltheplan,ofwhichshecouldnotevenobtainaglanceaslongasshewasignorantintowhosehandsshehadfallen.Sheknewherbrother-in-lawtobeaworthygentleman,aboldhunter,anintrepidplayer,enterprisingwithwomen,butbynomeansremarkableforhisskillinintrigues.Howhadhediscoveredherarrival,andcausedhertobeseized?Whydidhedetainher?

           Athoshaddroppedsomewordswhichprovedthattheconversationshehadwiththecardinalhadfallenintooutsideears;butshecouldnotsupposethathehaddugacounterminesopromptlyandsoboldly.SheratherfearedthatherprecedingoperationsinEnglandmighthavebeendiscovered.Buckinghammighthaveguessedthatitwasshewhohadcutoffthetwostuds,andavengehimselfforthatlittletreachery;butBuckinghamwasincapableofgoingtoanyexcessagainstawoman,particularlyifthatwomanwassupposedtohaveactedfromafeelingofjealousy.

           Thissuppositionappearedtohermostreasonable.Itseemedtoherthattheywantedtorevengethepast,andnottoanticipatethefuture.Atallevents,shecongratulatedherselfuponhavingfallenintothehandsofherbrother-in-law,withwhomshereckonedshecoulddealveryeasily,ratherthanintothehandsofanacknowledgedandintelligentenemy.

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