He
was very much agitated, and he said to me:
'"Since you desire it I will take you with me. When I take you there
shall you see more of me than you have seen since we were wedded. But
hearken to what I say: I would as lief carry you to the churchyard as
to the abode which is mostly mine."
'I was wayward; and declared that I cared for nothing provided that
I were with him. One evening he came and bade me to make ready. He
had a pair of horses outside, and across the back of his own steed my
clothes, which he stowed in sacks, were put. For hours and hours
through the night we rode; and when the faintest tinge of silver
showed itself in the east we were on the edge of this hateful swamp.
From that day to this I have never left it.'
'And what became of your husband?'
'Later on you shall hear. When I discovered who my husband's
associates were, what he himself _was_, shame, rage, and despair
entered my heart. I uttered no complaint; but tearlessly resigned
myself to my doom. The revelation, of course, instantly crushed the
love out of my heart for the man who had betrayed me. Six months
later he was shot by a farmer while committing a burglary.
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