"At last!" she cried, throwing her arms around my neck. "You're back! You look so pale!"

Then I told her about the scene with my father.

"Oh my God! I was expecting something like this," she said. "When Joseph came and told us your father had arrived, my heart stopped as though he'd brought bad news. Poor dear! And I'm to blame for all your troubles. Perhaps it would be better for you to leave me than quarrel with your father. Still, I never did him any harm. We live very quietly and we'll live more quietly still. Of course, he realizes that you must have a mistress, and he should be pleased it's me, because I love you and won't ask you for anything more than your circumstances warrant. Did you tell him what we've worked out for the future?"

"Yes, and that's what upset him most, because he took the fact that our minds were made up as a sure sign of our love for each other."

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