The young lawyer seemed to reflect a moment, and then he said,--

“You have been a prisoner while I have been free. For a month now I have

thought this matter over.”

“Ah!”

“Where was your wedding to be?”

“At my house at Boiscoran.”

“Where was the religious ceremony to take place?”

“At the church at Brechy.”

“Have you ever spoken of that to the priest?”

“Several times. One day especially, when we discussed it in a pleasant

way, he said jestingly to me, ‘I shall have you, after all in my

confessional.’”

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