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Tration could I present than the one I have just given? My mistress was
ready to set out and I had but to say the word. Why did I delay? What
would have been the result if I had started at once on our trip? Nothing
but a moment of apprehension that would have been forgotten after
travelling three days. When with me, she had no thought but of me; why
should I care to solve a mystery that did not threaten my happiness? She
would have consented, and that would have been the end of it. A kiss on
her lips and all would be well; instead of that, see what I did. One
evening when Smith had dined with us, I retired at an early hour and
left them together. As I closed my door I heard Brigitte order some tea.
In the morning I happened to approach her table, and, sitting beside the
teapot, I saw but one cup. No one had been in that room before me that
morning, so the servant could not have carried away anything that had
been used the night before. I searched everywhere for a second cup but
could find none. "Did Smith stay late?" I asked of Brigitte. "He left
about midnight." "Did you retire alone or did you call some one to
assist you?" "I retired alone; every one in the house was asleep." I
continued my search and my hands trembled. In what burlesque comedy is
there a jealous lover so stupid as to inquire what has become of a cup?
Why seek to discover whether Smith and Madame Pierson had drunk from the
same cup? What a brilliant idea that! Nevertheless I found the cup and I
burst into laughter, and threw it on the floor with such violence that
it broke into a thousand pieces. I ground the pieces under my feet.
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