Accomplish her end she must at the risk of all
that was near to her, and all that ought to be dear to her.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE VERNES GO TO EUROPE.
"I declare nothing need astonish one nowadays," exclaimed Mrs.
Montgomery, throwing aside the _Daily Telegraph_ announcing
that Mrs. and Miss Verne had sailed for Europe the day before.
"There's something that will explain matters," said Mr. Montgomery
coming in with a letter with Marguerite's initials on the corner of
the envelope.
Jennie tore open the missive and hastily scanned the contents.
"They went quite unexpectedly, mother," said the girl, with a slight
quiver on the healthful lips, "else Madge would have come to bid
good-bye."
Jennie Montgomery loved her sweet-faced cousin as she loved no other
companion.
Madge was to her all that was good and lovely, and the thought of
separation sent a strange thrill of emotion through her frame--a
sense of loneliness that she had never known before.
Mrs. Montgomery felt for her child, and adroitly referred to the
fine opportunity of having a correspondent from the mother country,
and the pleasure it would give Marguerite to see the sights and
curiosities and grandeur which she would hourly meet in her
intercourse with the world.
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