The Serpent's Tooth

He wrote her a clear, urgent, and impassioned letter, putting everything plainly before her, and imploring her to leave home.For six months after the divorce you could live in some quiet seaside or country place, or in Switzerland. I have ample money to provide for this. I will of course not see you, and I shall apply for an exchange to a battalion in India; when the decree nisi is pronounced, all our troubles will be over, and like the people in the fairy tale, we shall live happy ever after.Before the end of the week, they had met again; and the force of fear and love, and Lumley's eloquent persuasion ultimately carried the day; but during this week, Letty had lived in a palsy of indecision, painfully conscious of the debility of her own will. One moment, she had made up her mind, the next she changed it; however, after a decisive interview, in which Lumley said, It must be yes or no--now--for I am going away, with a white face and trembling lips, Letty had breathed the syllable 'Yes.'