any harm. The will will prove that I do not care for
money, and the knife will prove that I do not care for
life ; but I shall stab myself only when some one turns
the knob of the door."

Le Tas thought the idea excellent, although it was not
wholly new. " Good," cried she ; " he is a simpleton, a
chevalier, — he will never suffer a woman he has once
loved to commit suicide for the sake of his^^ne eyes.
These men ! what fools they are ! If I had been hand-
some as you, I would have made them march."

"Meanwhile, my child, it is we who must march,
and that to-morrow."

"So soon! well, forward then!"

The next morning, the two women, escorted by a ser-
vant, drove to the south of the island. They found a
pretty little cottage in the neighborhood of the Villa
Dandolo, for sale or to let with the adjoining enclosure.
It was the little château which Madame de Villanera
had selected for M. de La Tour d'Embleuse, in case
he should come to pass the summer at Corfu. It was
also the château en Espagne of poor Mantoux, sur-
named IdttMuck. The cottage was hired on the 24th
of September, furnished the 25th, and occupied the
26th, early in the morning. The fact was then made
known to Don Diego.
